Jack Straw Quotes
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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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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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The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent.
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waiting for a police assessment of the video, which of course I have seen.
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This is... the funeral of the Cold War. It marks a profound, historical change.
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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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It will take some time before a fully-fledged government, equivalent to that of a normal nation state, can be established ... The signs are, however, more hopeful than they were.
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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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There has to be a consensus and this is a report, a set of circumstances, that the international community simply cannot ignore.
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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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We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.
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And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.
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it does not obviate the responsibility for dealing with terrorism in their country.
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Life would be very boring if friends always agreed.
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In uncertain times you should not just give a knee-jerk response.
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We must have a bargain which enables both sides to come out of it with their head held high.
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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.
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We don't rule out the possibility of military action and neither in our view should anybody else.
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Saddam has a chance and he has to take it.
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This is a truly historic day for Europe and for the whole of the international community.
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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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We can't be sure there will be free and fair elections.
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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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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.