Quotes by William Hague

About William Hague:

William Jefferson Hague is a British Conservative politician who represented Richmond, Yorkshire as Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015. He also served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015, as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of HM Opposition from 1997 to 2001.
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Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

William Hague

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 th...

William Hague

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.

William Hague

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 that balance.

William Hague

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

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The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.

William Hague

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

William Hague

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

William Hague

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

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Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

William Hague

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

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I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Ir...

William Hague

The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal.

William Hague

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

William Hague

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 ...

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Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

William Hague

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

William Hague

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.

William Hague

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

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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Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Hague
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • BornMarch 26, 1961
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Historian; Judoka
  • WorksCathedral Of St. Eunan And St. Columba