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" The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. "
William Hague
Now
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" I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique. "
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" We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet. "
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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. "
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" Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist. "
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" You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not. "
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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. "
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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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" Egypt is a sovereign nation. "
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Egypt
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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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" 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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" 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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Shadow
Change
Strong
" It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed. "
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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. "
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Drive
Wonder
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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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Say
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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
Think
Wise
Moment
" 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. "
William Hague
Powerful
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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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" People know that you can't spend more than you have. "
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" A generation of children has been betrayed. "
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" I trust the people. "
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" Elected presidents are for countries. "
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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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" I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote. "
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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. "
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