Chris Patten citations

Chris Patten , ou baron Patten of Barnes, est un politique britannique, membre du Parti conservateur.

Lord Patten a notamment été le dernier gouverneur de Hong Kong de 1992 à 1997, puis membre de la Commission européenne,où il était chargé des relations extérieures. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. mai 1944
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Chris Patten: Citations en anglais

“[…] my anxiety is not that this community's autonomy would be usurped by Peking, but that it could be given away bit by bit by some people in Hong Kong.”

Speech of Policy Address http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr96-97/english/lc_sitg/hansard/han0210.htm, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, 2 October 1996.

“It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.”

Chris Patten livre East and West

Chris Patten, East and West: The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future, Pan Books, second edition, 1999, page 45.

“Asians […] put more emphasis on order, stability, hierarchy, family and self-discipline than Westerners do.”

Chris Patten livre East and West

Chris Patten, East and West: The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future, Pan Books, second edition, 1999, page 150.

“[About Hong Kong:] No other place has quite the same blend of East and West, ancient and modern, spectacular and humdrum.”

Chris Patten livre East and West

Chris Patten, East and West: The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future, Pan Books, second edition, 1999, page 19.

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