British - Politician | March 26, 1961 -
People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided by the EU. That needs to change.
William Hague
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We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.
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I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
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Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.
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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.
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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
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As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.
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There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.
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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
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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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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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