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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
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British Politician
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Politician
William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.
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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?
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As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.
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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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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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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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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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Egypt is a sovereign nation.
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To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.
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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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Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
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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.
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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 found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
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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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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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Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!
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There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.
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Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.
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