I believe that there will be a very substantial, perhaps even a two-thirds majority, for constitutional change and the modernization of our system of government in the next Parliament,
More Quotes from Paddy Ashdown:
I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.Paddy Ashdown
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
Paddy Ashdown
It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
Paddy Ashdown
People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.
Paddy Ashdown
I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.
Paddy Ashdown
My first job has been to do the best thing for the Bosnian people. Not for the Serbs, the Bosniaks or Croats, but the people as a whole.
Paddy Ashdown
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Government Quotes, Majority & Minority Quotes, Parliament QuotesAll Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing.
Daisy Donovan
Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.
Robert Anton Wilson
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
W. C. Fields