William Hague Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
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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.
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Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
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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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The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
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Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.
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Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.
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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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Elected presidents are for countries.
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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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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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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.
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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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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.