William Hague Quotes - Page 2

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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

  Country, Strong, Giving

  "Foreign Secretary: "We are on the side of a stable democratic future for Egypt"". Interview with Andrew Marr, www.gov.uk. February 6, 2011.

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• It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.

  William Hague

  Simple, Giving, Matter

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• When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.

  William Hague

  People, Earning, Share

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

  William Hague

  Book, Piano, One Day

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• Yes, I've never inherited a penny!

  William Hague

  Pennies

  "Decca Aitkenhead meets William Hague". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2009.

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• You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

  William Hague

  People, Prepared

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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.

  William Hague

  People, Needs, Pressure

  "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. April 24, 2011.

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• The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions.

  William Hague

  July, Cities, Political

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• Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.

  William Hague

  Mogadishu, Somalia, Britain

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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 and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.

  William Hague

  Party, Believe, Thinking

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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

  Writing, Feet, People

  "William Hague dismisses claims he may resign", www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2011.

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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

  Retirement, Children, Hard Work

  "Hague's 'foreign land' speech". www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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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

  Minorities, Regimes, Isolated

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• I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

  William Hague

  Government, Wings, Nasty

  "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. April 24, 2011.

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• I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

  William Hague

  Iraq, Decision, Invasion

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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

  Trying, World, Arguing

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• Elected presidents are for countries.

  William Hague

  Country, President

  "William Hague dismisses Tony Blair's vision of European Union presidency" by Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2011.

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• You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

  William Hague

  Stress, People, Balance

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

  William Hague

  Play, Doe, These Days

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

  William Hague

  Matter, Somalia, Security

  "William Hague begins Somalia visit". www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2012.

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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

  Strong, Shadow, Climate

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• I know people are fickle.

  William Hague

  People, Fickle, Knows

  "Decca Aitkenhead meets William Hague". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2009.

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• A generation of children has been betrayed.

  William Hague

  Children, Generations, Betrayed

  "Hague's 'foreign land' speech". William Hague's speech to the Spring forum in Harrogate, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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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.

  William Hague

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

  "The last chance election for Britain". William Hague's speech to the Spring forum in Harrogate, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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• Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

  William Hague

  Law, Guilty, Release

  "Yesterday in parliament" by The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2006.

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