Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting. John Hume bitechildfamily Change image and share on social
They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date. John Hume argumentbelievebritain Change image and share on social
People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been the general pattern in Northern Ireland for many, many years. John Hume daygeneralinvestment Change image and share on social
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side. John Hume agreementclearcome share on social
We did not seek ideological confrontation. John Hume confrontationideologicalseek Change image and 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
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. John Hume civilequalitymovement Change image and share on social
Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity. John Hume agreementidentityprotect Change image and share on social
