Paddy Ashdown

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

— Paddy Ashdown

#know #people #politicians #want

I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#agreement #am #board #broad #capitals

I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#am #because #here #i #i am

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#create #heads #i #i can #institutions

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#establish #expectation #i #i can #justice

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

— Paddy Ashdown

#i #i do #ready #reconciliation #think

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. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#country #difference #here #hundredfold #i

I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#riots #streets #told #were #would

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#bosnian #british #british press #had #i

It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#high #representative #way #who #worked