Commons Quotes by Clare Short

I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.

— Clare Short

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

— Clare Short

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and…

— Clare Short

But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it.

— Clare Short

Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and…

— Clare Short

That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice…

— Clare Short

[Israel] undermines the international community's reaction to global warming.

— Clare Short

The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the…

— Clare Short

I have set out to change the language of the international system.

— Clare Short

For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current…

— Clare Short

We all understand that America feels so angry, they want to get somebody, but you can't just have lots of planes and guns and…

— Clare Short

Israel is much worse than the original apartheid state.

— Clare Short

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.

— Clare Short

And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near…

— Clare Short

Of course we need action, but it should be Just action.

— Clare Short