Peter Hain Quotes

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• If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour
• I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve…
• I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.
• A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we…
• I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the…
• My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings…
• Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for…
• That Sinn Fein, as I've already indicated, their leaders have already indicated that's what they want to achieve - once we get that credible statement,…
• There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.
• The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get shared government back…
• We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking…
• Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe.
• What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I…
• I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.
• We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be doing it in Belfast tomorrow. This is an entirely new era,…
• What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed…
• When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the…
• You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland,…
• I have been very careful to put forward new ideas - on tackling inequality, extending democratic reform and the green agenda, because I think these…
• It's been fascinating watching all those pictures of me with a lot more hair Jeremy, and looking very young. And we've all got things we've…

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