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" The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business. "
William Hague
Take
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" Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" People know that you can't spend more than you have. "
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" It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time. "
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" A generation of children has been betrayed. "
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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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" The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together. "
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Future
Together
" 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. "
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" Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping. "
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Part
Does
" The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels. "
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Building
Institutions
" The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped. "
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Iraq
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" I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government. "
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Had
Government
Different
" There's only one growth strategy: work hard. "
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Work Hard
Growth
" 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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" I know people are fickle. "
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Know
Fickle
" 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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" 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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Reach
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" Egypt is a sovereign nation. "
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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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Human Rights
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" The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. "
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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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Truth
" Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge! "
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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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People
" One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet. "
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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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