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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
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" At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity. "
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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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" 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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" It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track. "
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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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" I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies and agencies and their offices in Brussels. "
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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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" The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped. "
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" I trust the people. "
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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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" 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. "
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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. "
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" I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. "
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" The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business. "
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