Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.
John HumeI never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.
John HumeThey believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.
John HumeThe civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about
John Hume