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You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

William Hague

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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
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William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.
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At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.
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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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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
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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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