“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.”
— William Hague
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“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.”
— William Hague
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“We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.”
— 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.”
— William Hague
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“The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.”
— William Hague
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“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.”
— William Hague
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Category: future
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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.”
— William Hague
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“I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.”
— William Hague
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“There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.”
— William Hague
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“When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.”
— William Hague
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“Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.”
— William Hague
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Category: change
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