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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
Biographer
British Politician
Historian
Judoka
Politician
William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever 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.
William Hague
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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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Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.
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I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
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You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack.
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The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally...
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Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.
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Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.
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One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
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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.
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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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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
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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.
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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
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You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.
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If there’'s one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair, it’s this: I’m not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.
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I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
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The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.
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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