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Paddy Ashdown: Citations en anglais

“There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.”

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Paddy Ashdown

Quoted in the Independent (25 November 1998).

“History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.”

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Paddy Ashdown

Radio series for the BBC (2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6662539.stm

“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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As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/02/warcrimes.politics (1 November 2005), The Guardian

“I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.”

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Paddy Ashdown

As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/02/warcrimes.politics (1 November 2005), The Guardian

“Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years.”

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As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/02/warcrimes.politics (1 November 2005), The Guardian

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