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He looked at this as a political process that was going to be built upon different traditions and mutual respect. It was going to be resolved in a political evolution … A process was going to be established that he believed could move the whole debate and discussion within a non-violent framework and could result eventually in some settlement … It was important to listen to someone who had suffered the way he had, and had shown the courage and determination he had shown, living on the ground as he was and experiencing the harshness he was experiencing. I believe it’s important to listen to the ones who are risking their lives and are attempting to do it in a non-violent way.

Ted Kennedy on his first meeting with John Hume in 1972 (interview with Edward M. Kennedy, 27 February 2006)