William Hague Quotes

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• It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
• I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.
• 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…
• 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…
• I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
• 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…
• In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the…
• If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.
• Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
• We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.
• 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…
• One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.
• The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.
• I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader…
• There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
• 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…
• Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
• 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…
• I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
• You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress…

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