Jack Straw Quotes
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What we can be sure of, however, is that if the elections are not free and fair then Zimbabwe will be in the clearest and most flagrant breach of declarations to which they have signed up.
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Mr Mugabe now has a choice: either he calls of the thugs, allows the media to operate freely, and lets the population of Zimbabwe make a democratic choice, or he and his key ministers will pay the price.
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Saddam Hussein is not entitled to any presumption of innocence.
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The people who will finally decide will not be the British Government or the Spanish Government, but the people of Gibraltar in a referendum, ... That was a solemn undertaking given in 1969 to the people of Gibraltar. We absolutely stand by it.
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Each is overwhelmingly Muslim and each, in their separate ways, is crucial to whether the world can be bound together, or fractured along deep political and theological divides.
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This is a crucial meeting for the future of the European Union.
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If people are caught up for 36 hours in a soulless building in Brussels, tempers are going to fray... It is in many ways a sad day for Europe. But out of this sad day there is an opportunity to reconnect.
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If we go the right way we reach the sunny uplands. If we go the wrong way, it could be catastrophic for the European Union.
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Mr. Wiesenthal has been untiring in his service to the Jewish communities in the U.K. and elsewhere by helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust, ... If there is one name which symbolizes this vital coming to terms with the past, it is Simon Wiesenthal's.
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No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
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the possibility of war is real and very disturbing.
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Those residents who are there should consider leaving unless their presence there is essential, ... British citizens who remain should exercise extreme caution, especially in public places.
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We look to the Iranian government to sit down with us, hear what we have to say and take action where appropriate.
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The truth is, as (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice has made clear, military action in respect of the Iranian dossier is not on anybody's agenda. I believe it is inconceivable.
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We'll recognize and respect whoever emerges as a leader through this system. Our concern, however, is that they (the Iraqis) have to make swift progress to secure a leader.
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Provided we have the right framework, a certain amount of money will come from the UK and we'll encourage others to contribute,
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I am in no doubt at all that our policy of engagements with the government of Iran ... is the best approach,
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We put forth proposals. They are still on the table, ... They have yet properly to be considered by the other side.
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In uncertain times you should not just give a knee-jerk response.
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waiting for a police assessment of the video, which of course I have seen.
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Life would be very boring if friends always agreed.
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The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent.
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Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.
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He must not believe, because he would be making the mistake of his life, that he can mess the international community about yet again.