In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion. John Hume classcontroldifficult share on social
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system. John Hume changeeducationaleventually Change image and share on social
That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing. John Hume partypursuestrategy Change image and share on social
Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum. John Hume ageawfulbite Change image and share on social
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination. John Hume badderrydiscrimination Change image and share on social
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues. John Hume administrativecallcivil share on social
If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. John Hume englishianlanguage Change image and share on social
They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council. John Hume catholiccitycouncil Change image and share on social
These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception as a child of what was important or not is accurate, I don't know. John Hume accuratechildimportant share on social
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity. John Hume afrikanercallchange share on social
