Philip Hammond Quotes
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as my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.
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It is not whether an independent Scotland could go it alone and develop its own defence forces - of course it could - but what sort of forces would they be?
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I hope history will judge us to have tackled the problem effectively and delivered a sustainable future for Britain's public services.
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We have to demonstrate to the public that our commitment is protecting public services in the face of a spending contraction which is inevitable.
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Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
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The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it's about how you perform.
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We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.
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We understand that Israel has concerns, we understand that Hamas has concerns. We are not saying we’re not interested in those.