# Quote — Chris Patten, East and West

> Asians...put more emphasis on order, stability, hierarchy, family and self-discipline than Westerners do.

- Author: [Chris Patten](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten.md)
- Book: [East and West](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten/east-and-west.md)
- Page: 129
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Patten#East_and_West:_The_Last_Governor_of_Hong_Kong_on_Power,_Freedom_and_the_Future_(1998)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten/east-and-west/asians-put-more-emphasis

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> It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.

p. 34 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten/east-and-west/it-is-not.md)

> [O]n July 1, 1997, Hong Kong became the only example of decolonization deliberately accompanied by less democracy and a weaker protection of civil liberties. This was a cause for profound regret, especially for the departing colonial power. But it was China's doing and China's decision. I am pleased that Britain narrowly avoided complicity in the dishonourable act of denying the citizens of free Hong Kong what they had been promised in 1984.

p. 70 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten/east-and-west/o-n-july-1-1997.md)

> No other place has quite the same blend of East and West, ancient and modern, spectacular and humdrum.

p. 10 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chris-patten/east-and-west/no-other-place.md)