William Hague quotes - page 3

If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people. (William Hague)
I know people are fickle. View quote
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I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran. View quote
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We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights. View quote
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Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks. View quote
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Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party. View quote
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To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms. View quote
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Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. View quote
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I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. View quote
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I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government. View quote
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If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet. (William Hague)
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history. View quote
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Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist. View quote
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Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping. View quote
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It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track. View quote
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You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives. View quote
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I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. View quote
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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. View quote
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I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies and agencies and their offices in Brussels. View quote
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Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria. View quote
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The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal. (William Hague)
Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents. View quote
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There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. View quote
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The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. View quote
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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. View quote
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