Jack Straw Quotes
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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 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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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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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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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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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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This is a crucial meeting for the future of the European Union.
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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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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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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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In uncertain times you should not just give a knee-jerk response.
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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 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 English are potentially very aggressive, very violent.
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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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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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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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waiting for a police assessment of the video, which of course I have seen.
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the possibility of war is real and very disturbing.
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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 cannot say whether in the middle of December we will or will not reach a deal, but it certainly will not be for want of trying.
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Life would be very boring if friends always agreed.
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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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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.