William Hague Quotes

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• Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

  William Hague

  Ambition, Self, Self Knowledge

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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 increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.

  William Hague

  Motivational, Block, Rights

  "Nato to take control in Libya after US, UK and France reach agreement" by Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2011.

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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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  Rights, Iran, Leader

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• There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

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  Hard Work, Growth, Strategy

  "Work harder, William Hague tells Britons". Interview with Patrick Hennessy, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 12, 2012.

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• The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

  William Hague

  Powerful, Building, Should

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• Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

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  Discipline, Common Sense, High Standards

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

  William Hague

  People, Reactions, Found

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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 at that level.

  William Hague

  People, Decision, Needs

  Foreign policy forum in Berlin, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 23, 2012.

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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

  Party, Government, Territory

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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 or every kind of attack.

  William Hague

  Stress, Important, Guarantees

  Interview with James Landale, news.bbc.co.uk. July 24, 2011.

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• When we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the European Union Act 2011, by law that cannot happen without a referendum. And we are just as right that the EU has more power in our national life than it should, and I believe as strongly as I ever have that when the right moment comes this party should set out to reduce it.

  William Hague

  Party, Believe, Law

  Conservative party conference, Manchester, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2011.

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• Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

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  Country, Hands, People

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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.

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  Believe, Commitment, Growth

  "William Hague tells ministers to help green industries boost economy" by Juliette Jowit, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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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

  Wise, Military, Thinking

  "Israeli military action against Iran unwise, warns William Hague" by The Press Association, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2012.

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

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  Reality, Climate, Today

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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.

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  Effectiveness, Giving, Independence

  "Conservatives press Cameron to call up Clarke and Davis" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2008.

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• When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself - no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.

  William Hague

  Believe, Home, Hypocrite

  "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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• It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

  William Hague

  Too Late, Late, Treaties

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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.

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  Country, Burning, Exit

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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

  Meaningful, President, Ends

  "Syria Death Toll Rises As Tanks Pound Residential Neighborhoods", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 2, 2011.

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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

  World, Opponents, Conflict

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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 offence by the same Prime Minister – no wonder the public are cynical about politics.

  William Hague

  Lying, Men, Cynical

  William Hague's Speech to the Spring forum in Harrogate, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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• The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

  William Hague

  Latin, America, Economy

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• How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?

  William Hague

  Children, Long, People

  "Syria: UN to hear Arab League proposals - Tuesday 31 January", www.theguardian.com.

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

  William Hague

  Errors, Europe, Turkeys

  "William Hague: 'We have to build new alliances with the emerging powers'". Interview with Andrew Rawnsley and Toby Helm, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2011.

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