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William Hague  Quotes
Let’s not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can’t have high standards without good discipline.

—William Hague

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It’s not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

—William Hague

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Elected presidents are for countries.

—William Hague

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Egypt is a sovereign nation.

—William Hague

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Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

—William Hague

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The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally.

—William Hague

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I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.

—William Hague

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Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.

—William Hague

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Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it...

—William Hague

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One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

—William Hague

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I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

—William Hague

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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.

—William Hague

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I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

—William Hague

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The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.

—William Hague

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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...

—William Hague

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When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I’m not sorry, and I’d do it again...

—William Hague

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The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech – the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of… the threat of an over powerful...

—William Hague

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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

—William Hague

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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.

—William Hague

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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

—William Hague

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I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

—William Hague

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Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.

—William Hague

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In my view what you can’t argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.

—William Hague

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It’s really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

—William Hague

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There’s only one growth strategy: work hard.

—William Hague

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The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

—William Hague

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People know that you can’t spend more than you have.

—William Hague

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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.

—William Hague

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It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

—William Hague

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Iran’s continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran’s leaders.

—William Hague

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People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided by the EU. That needs to change.

—William Hague

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Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

—William Hague

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We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

—William Hague

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Yes, I’ve never inherited a penny!

—William Hague

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Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

—William Hague

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A generation of children has been betrayed.

—William Hague

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People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

—William Hague

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You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course – and it’s important to stress this – you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack...

—William Hague

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When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same...

—William Hague

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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.

—William Hague

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At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

—William Hague

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As far as I’m aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there’s a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.

—William Hague

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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

—William Hague

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I don’t deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

—William Hague

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Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term – a century-long – error by Europe.

—William Hague

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I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won’t believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties...

—William Hague

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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...

—William Hague

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Where defining foreign policy as ‘ethical’ went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

—William Hague

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To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

—William Hague

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I don’t think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

—William Hague

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