Jack Straw Quotes
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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 is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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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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I hope, but I can't predict, that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful.
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If our rebate is an anomaly than it is based on another anomaly.
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I think it is completely unacceptable for someone like Christopher Meyer to break trust in the way that he has done,
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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 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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We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.
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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution.
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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.
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The foreign secretary urged Iran even at this late stage to take the opportunity to come into compliance.
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exploited every instrument of the state to distort the electoral process.
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Delay would give Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding, ... It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him.
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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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Whoever carried out this abuse must be caught and brought to justice, regardless of rank or background.
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I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead.
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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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putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.
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Although Yitzhak Rabin was prevented from seeing his efforts bear fruit, he set in motion a process which, despite setbacks, continues today.
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All United States presidents always say all options are open. But it is not on the table, it is not on the agenda. I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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Every country is under an imperative to deal with terrorism, including terrorism masquerading as freedom fighting,
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Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction.
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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.