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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. "

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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. "

William Hague

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" I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote. "

" 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. "

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

" Yes, I've never inherited a penny! "

" 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. "

" The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Elected presidents are for countries. "

" The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally. "

" People know that you can't spend more than you have. "

" I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. "

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

" 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. "

" It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society. "

" We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights. "

" It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I trust the people. "

William Hague

People

Trust

" I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it. "

" The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

William Hague

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Process

" Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history. "

" Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman! "

" 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. "

" Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. "