William Hague Quotes

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 their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
William Hague

Freedom, Mind, Human

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
William Hague

Good, Truth, Sense

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
William Hague

Work, Hard, Growth

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

Once, Less, Found

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 not filling in forms.
William Hague

Time, Teacher, Children

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

Two, Public, Himself

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

Business, Stress, Important

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!
William Hague

Best, Ambition, Tempered

Egypt is a sovereign nation.
William Hague

Nation, Egypt, Sovereign

I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
William Hague

Change, Society, Changes

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

Thought, Idealism, Realism

I know people are fickle.
William Hague

Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.
William Hague

Time, Days, Ask

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

History, Lose, Few

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 - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack.
William Hague

Stress, Important, Cannot

A generation of children has been betrayed.
William Hague

Children, Generation, Betrayed

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.
William Hague

Change, Strong, Far

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

Time, Hope, Government

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

Play, Days, Britain

Elected presidents are for countries.
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Countries, Elected, Presidents

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

Become, Place, Security

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 side of history.
William Hague

History, Find, Wrong

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.
William Hague

Change, Rather, Growth

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.
William Hague

Building, Countries, Burning

I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.
William Hague

Try, Problems, Highest

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: March 26, 1961

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