William Hague Quotes
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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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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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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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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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We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.
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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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When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.
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To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.
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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.
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If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.
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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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Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.
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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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I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader of the party, so now I can branch out into other things... it is a very liberating feeling.
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Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.
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I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.
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Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.
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Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.
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Elected presidents are for countries.