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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When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the publi...

William Hague

When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.

William Hague

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we w...

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To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

William Hague

A generation of children has been betrayed.

William Hague

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

William Hague

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

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I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour'...

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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

William Hague

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

William Hague

One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

William Hague

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

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I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

William Hague

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

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It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

William Hague

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

William Hague

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

William Hague

It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

William Hague

Yes, I've never inherited a penny!

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When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.

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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

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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