Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

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

Chris PattenPolitician · British · b. 1944
More from Chris Patten
Responsibility QuotesFreedom Quotes
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. — George Bernard Shaw
  • The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. — Denis Waitley
  • Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. — Sigmund Freud
  • It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. — Chris Patten
  • Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries. — Chris Patten
  • 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
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026