Paddy Ashdown (Jeremy John Durham Ashdown) Quotes

We are not there yet, but I'd be disappointed if in two years' time there was not some movement towards truth as a precursor to reconciliation.

Paddy Ashdown

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• We are not there yet, but I'd be disappointed if in two years' time there was not some movement towards truth as a precursor to reconciliation.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • Time
  • Truth
  • Movement