William Hague Quotes
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I thank the Prime Minister for his remarks about me. Debating with him at the Dispatch Box has been exciting, fascinating, fun, an enormous challenge and, from my point of view, wholly unproductive in every sense. I am told that in my time at the Dispatch Box I have asked the Prime Minister 1,118 direct questions, but no one has counted the direct answers-it may not take long.
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We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
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There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
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At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.
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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.
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I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
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Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.
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I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
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It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.
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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.
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It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.
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I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
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It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.
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One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
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Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
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Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.
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People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.
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I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
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You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.
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You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.
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I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
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A generation of children has been betrayed.
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The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.