John Hume | "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."

"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, Irish Politician

Family, Father, Children, Poor, Support

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"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."

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"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

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"Marriage creates one world for your child. For that alone, two old friends can try to see a peaceful world through the eyes of their angels."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

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"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

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"There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father."

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"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."

Family

"That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing."

Strategy

"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."

Achievement

"Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity."

Agreement

"I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that."

Opportunity

"I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people."

Leadership

"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."

Family

"Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks."

People

"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."

Family

"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."

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"Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit."

Author Name

Personal Development

"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

Author Name

Personal Development

"You don't build a family by tearing down another one."

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Personal Development

"Marriage creates one world for your child. For that alone, two old friends can try to see a peaceful world through the eyes of their angels."

Author Name

Personal Development

Author Name

Personal Development

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

Author Name

Personal Development

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Personal Development

"You will never realize how precious a baby is until she keeps you awake through the whole night."

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Personal Development

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

Author Name

Personal Development

"There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father."

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Personal Development

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"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."

Family

"That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing."

Strategy

"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."

Achievement

"Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity."

Agreement

"I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that."

Opportunity

"I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people."

Leadership

"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."

Family

"Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks."

People

"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."

Family

"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."

Government