Latest Chris Patten Quotes from Interviews

• It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what's going to have to be done - and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to win the headlines every day.

  Chris Patten

  Honesty, Winning, People

  "Interviews With Michael Bloomberg, Madeleine Albright". "GPS" with Fareed Zakaria, transcripts.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

• You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

  Chris Patten

  People, Waiting, Down And

  "Interviews with Michael Bloomberg and Madeleine Albright". "GPS" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

• Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.

  Chris Patten

  America, World, Easy

  "Interviews with Michael Bloomberg and Madeleine Albright". "GPS" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.