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
The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity. John Hume askbasicbritish 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 never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. John Hume helpleaderpeople Change image and share on social
My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments. John Hume childeldestfather Change image and share on social
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
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games. John Hume achievementavoidcomplete 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
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
