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" Elected presidents are for countries. "
William Hague
Elected
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" The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels. "
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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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" 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? "
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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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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. "
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" We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya. "
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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. "
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" I trust the people. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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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" 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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" I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. "
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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. "
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