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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. – Chris Patten

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But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership. – Chris Patten

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A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn for in mans heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. – George H. W. Bush

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