Jack Straw Quotes
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It undermines the key relationship between civil servants and ministers, ... It has led to very great concern, I may say, among the whole of the diplomatic service.
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As Prime Minister, (Rabin) made difficult and courageous decisions in his search for peace and was undaunted by the many obstacles he faced.
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When Western Europe needed defense, along with the United States, it looked to Turkey for that defense on its eastern flank against the then-Soviet Union, ... No issues were then raised that it had an Islamic majority.
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Saddam has a chance and he has to take it.
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The news that a third British citizen has died from his wounds from the attack in Iraq is terrible -- terrible for his family and for his community -- and it is something which all of us condemn unreservedly.
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This is an event of such horrifying, unimaginable proportions that I believe it is one where shock grows with time rather than diminishes.
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We continue to argue with our European colleagues about the importance of fairness when it comes to compensation and transitional regimes for sugar and for bananas and for other commodities . . . .
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This is... the funeral of the Cold War. It marks a profound, historical change.
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Official brutality, which characterizes boot camps in America, is inhuman and does not work.
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We're going to listen carefully to what the president has to say and we'll take it from there.
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This is yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life.
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It will spell out that we are approaching the end of the final opportunity that Saddam Hussein was given to completely disarm in substance as well as process.
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Many people continue to travel despite our warnings against all but essential travel.
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What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving.
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Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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The fact that the Government is supporting pilgrims on the Hajj highlights the extent to which we in Britain live in a truly multi-cultural multi-religious society. No other Western country provides this kind of delegation.
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The Italians have shown consistently that they live by the rule of law. They have given these undertakings and we expect them to abide by them.
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Iran has the opportunity now to address the clear concerns of the IAEA, and the lack of confidence in Iran's nuclear intentions.
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The demands they have made could not be met without great damage to jobs and industry, to essential services ... to pensioners and children.
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While the Taliban connives with foreign terrorists, the Afghan people suffer from poverty, drought and hunger.
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We have just made history, ... We've had the first ministerial meeting on the opening of accession negotiations.
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What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met.
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What that dossier shows is that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime is not some historic leftover, but is real serious and represents a mounting challenge to the international community.
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The conclusion is now inescapable that Iraq is in material breach of Resolution 1441, ... But, I also say this: That war is not inevitable.