William Hague Quotes
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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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You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.
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A generation of children has been betrayed.
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There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
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When we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the European Union Act 2011, by law that cannot happen without a referendum. And we are just as right that the EU has more power in our national life than it should, and I believe as strongly as I ever have that when the right moment comes this party should set out to reduce it.
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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 is not my policy to hit voters during the election.
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It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
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Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.
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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
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The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal.
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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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When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.
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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 don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
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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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We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
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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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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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Yes, I've never inherited a penny!
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One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
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It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
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Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.
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On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.