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Paddy Ashdown

"People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt."

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"People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt."

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"Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that."
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"I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth."
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"The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?"
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"My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut."
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"I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press."
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"The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society."
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"It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results."
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"I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold."
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