Jack Straw Quotes
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Let no one be in any doubt that this is a profoundly evil trade whose perpetrators have no regard for human life, ... We have been determined to crack down on this trade.
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I think that his history of mendacity is so intense and so long-lasting that he wouldn't understand the truth if he fell over it.
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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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to discuss wording and take on board constructive suggestions as to how the process set out in the draft resolution could be improved, and that is exactly what we are doing.
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We agreed that it is not possible for ministers to order the judiciary around.
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It is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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And that's just the easy business, ... We've then in the West Bank area got the issue of the extension of settlements.
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We made some progress in respect of draft texts but obviously not sufficient progress.
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What we are going to do is to listen carefully to what the president says Saturday afternoon and take it from there.
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I'm very pleased to announce that agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession into the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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Saddam's weapons pose a grave threat to international peace and security, ... We must not shrink from our commitment.
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It took a good deal of work behind the scenes to achieve this result and I'm glad we've got there.
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We will help whenever we can to move the process forward and deliver security and justice for Palestinians and Israelis.
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I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead.
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you cannot leave a report like this on the table.
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But members of the public are bound to be concerned and their concerns can be allayed if they are shown that every effort is being made by the European Union and by member states effectively to coordinate action.
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This (stand-off) will not be resolved by military means, let's be clear about that.
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We don't have to make a decision today about this. I think the appropriate place for that to be announced is to the British parliament and there'll be a statement from me in exactly a week's time when parliament reassembles.
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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution.
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exploited every instrument of the state to distort the electoral process.
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Whoever carried out this abuse must be caught and brought to justice, regardless of rank or background.
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Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction.
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These are the final rites of the funeral of the Cold War, with Russia as a friend and ally and no longer as an enemy.
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I also want to put on record the very high regard which the British government as a whole, and I personally, have for Kofi Annan, in leading and steering the United Nations through a period of great change in international relations.