Jack Straw Quotes
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We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.
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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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We must have a bargain which enables both sides to come out of it with their head held high.
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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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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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that have reportedly left thousands of the most vulnerable homeless and destitute and called on the government to abide by the rule of law and respect for human rights.
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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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The EU and the European people have always seen Turkey as a European state, ... The heavy responsibility rests on all member states. ... I don't want to contemplate the possibility of a veto.
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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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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.
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I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead.
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exploited every instrument of the state to distort the electoral process.
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you cannot leave a report like this on the table.
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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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We stand ready to hear what they have to say.
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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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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 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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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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It shows how from very, very dark circumstances -- and we've had to deal with terrorism year after year after year which has killed hundreds of people -- it is possible to see the light, provide the process to keep going and achieve results.
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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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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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We have just made history, ... an EU based on values, not just history. Turkey has always been a European country.
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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.