William Hague Quotes

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William Hague

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 26, 1961

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

William Hague

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.

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I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.

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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 monarch at the time.

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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

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I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

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I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

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Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.

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