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People work hard and save hard to own a car. They do not want to be told that they cannot drive it by a Deputy Prime Minister whose idea of a park and ride scheme is to park one Jaguar and drive away in another.
William Hague -
Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.
William Hague
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I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.
William Hague -
I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
William Hague -
When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.
William Hague -
It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.
William Hague -
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
William Hague -
A generation of children has been betrayed.
William Hague
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When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself - no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.
William Hague -
There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.
William Hague -
Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.
William Hague -
We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.
William Hague -
Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.
William Hague -
It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.
William Hague
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I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.
William Hague -
It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
William Hague -
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
William Hague -
The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.
William Hague -
Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
William Hague -
One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
William Hague
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It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.
William Hague -
The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions.
William Hague -
Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.
William Hague -
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
William Hague