Chris Patten

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. ”

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership. ”

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks. ”

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. ”

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated. ”

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large. ”

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations. ”

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries. ”

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. ”

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. ”