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Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.

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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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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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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Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
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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 the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.
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Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.
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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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A generation of children has been betrayed.
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Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!
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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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Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
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Egypt is a sovereign nation.
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I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
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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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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
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I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
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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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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.
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One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
William Hague
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Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.
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