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Rory Stewart Quotes

Being a backbench MP is a bit of an anti-climax for a superhero Picture Quote #1

I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don’t I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints stretching across Asia Picture Quote #1

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government Picture Quote #1

September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves Picture Quote #1

The world isn’t one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority Picture Quote #1

In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker Picture Quote #1

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If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, ‘You can’t afford to break up because you are going to lose the house.’ The answer has to be only one thing, which is ‘I love you.’ Picture Quote #1

The Taliban, broadly speaking, are Afghans - farmers, subsistence farmers. As I say, most of those people can’t find the United States on the map. Al Qaeda, traditionally, are much more educated, middle-class people, often from Egypt, from Saudi Arabia, North Africa Picture Quote #1

For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen Picture Quote #1

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote Picture Quote #1

Religions... seem to avoid mountain passes Picture Quote #1

This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable Picture Quote #1

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The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It’s not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors... Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality Picture Quote #1

The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority Picture Quote #1

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity Picture Quote #1

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting Picture Quote #1

If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their politicians, but for the politicians to learn to trust the public Picture Quote #1

The question shouldn’t be what we ought to do, but what we can do Picture Quote #1

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Being a backbench MP is a bit of an anti-climax for a superhero (Rory Stewart Quotes) I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don’t I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints stretching across Asia (Rory Stewart Quotes) Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government. (Rory Stewart Quotes) September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves. (Rory Stewart Quotes) The world isn’t one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority. (Rory Stewart Quotes) In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker. (Rory Stewart Quotes) If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, ‘You can’t afford to break up because you are going to lose the house.’ The answer has to be only one thing, which is ‘I love you.’ (Rory Stewart Quotes) The Taliban, broadly speaking, are Afghans - farmers, subsistence farmers. As I say, most of those people can’t find the United States on the map. Al Qaeda, traditionally, are much more educated, middle-class people, often from Egypt, from Saudi Arabia, North Africa. (Rory Stewart Quotes) For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen. (Rory Stewart Quotes) I have never met a villager who does not want a vote (Rory Stewart Quotes) Religions... seem to avoid mountain passes (Rory Stewart Quotes) This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable (Rory Stewart Quotes) The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It’s not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors... Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality (Rory Stewart Quotes) The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority (Rory Stewart Quotes) Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity (Rory Stewart Quotes) Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting (Rory Stewart Quotes) If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their politicians, but for the politicians to learn to trust the public (Rory Stewart Quotes) The question shouldn’t be what we ought to do, but what we can do (Rory Stewart Quotes)