Quote

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

William Hague

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
Biographer
British Politician
Historian
Judoka
Politician
William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
Tempered
Ambition
Knowledge
Best
Self

More quotes by William Hague

Image
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
Image
You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.
William Hague
Image
Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
William Hague
Image
I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
William Hague
Image
How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?
William Hague
Image
We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.
William Hague
Image
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
Image
The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.
William Hague
Image
One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
William Hague
Image
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.
William Hague
Image
A generation of children has been betrayed.
William Hague
Image
I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
William Hague
Image
We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.
William Hague
Image
People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided at that level.
William Hague
Image
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
William Hague
Image
Egypt is a sovereign nation.
William Hague
Image
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.
William Hague
Image
It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.
William Hague
Image
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.
William Hague
Image
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
William Hague