“If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.” PeopleIfsWritingWeekFeetMojo Author:William Hague
“We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.” PeopleMayLongEndsDarknessComing To An End Author:William Hague
“People work hard and save hard to own a car. They do not want to be told that they cannot drive it by a Deputy Prime Minister whose idea of a park and ride scheme is to park one Jaguar and drive away in another.” PeopleWantIdeasHardCarHard WorkMinistersParksPrimeSchemesPrime MinisterDeputiesJaguars Author: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 their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.” PeopleShouldMindHumansHardGovernmentMotivationalLawRightsExpressionBearsInternationalHuman RightsDenyStealingBlockJudgementTortureAspirationFreedom Of ExpressionInternational Law Author:William Hague
“I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.” PeopleFoundReactionsBothered Author: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.” PeopleTryingImportantInfluenceBalanceStressAgreeDisagreeableInfluencing People Author: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.” PeopleBelieveTwoHomeTurnsWonderCarPoliticianNineMinistersPrimePrime MinisterHypocriteDeputiesTwo Homes Author:William Hague
“People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.” PeopleWayFeelsDone Author:William Hague
“Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.” PeopleRememberPartyConservativeCampaignsLabour Author:William Hague
“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.” PeopleWellsNationsShareHigherTaxesApproachEarningReducing Author:William Hague
“You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.” PeoplePrepared Author: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.” PeopleNeedsAsksSidesWeekPressureStrategyExitColonelsGaddafi Author:William Hague
“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.” PeopleShouldChildrenLittlesHardBitsHard WorkMonthsLittle BitFundRetirementEach Month Author:William Hague
“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 Iraq, have learnt lessons.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayBelieveHas BeensGovernmentPoliticalLeftPartyLessonsIraqPolitical PartiesInvasion Author:William Hague
“If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair, its this: Im not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.” PeopleIfsOne ThingInstinctBritishEmbarrassedBlair Author:William Hague
“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.” PeopleWorldCountryHandsPoliticalGreaterSceneDemandIncludingReformElsewhereAsiaGovernanceIgniteGood GovernancePolitical Reform Author: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 at that level.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsProcessDecisionLevelsDecidedMachinesOne WayDecision MakingParliamentNeed A Change Author:William Hague
“Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.” PeopleKnowsCountryCommonIndependenceSpendingCommon SenseSavingSavings Author:William Hague
“Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.” PeopleShouldReligiousPartyDiversitySyriaEthnic Diversity Author: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.” PeopleWantGivingHomeSpeakStreetsVictimCriminalsBritainSecretary Author:William Hague
“When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.” PeopleThinkingStatesPartyWonderLordCareersGoneOfficeSorryDonationNot SorryGreat Office Author:William Hague
“How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?” PeopleWorldNeedsChildrenLongDiesSecurityConscienceCouncilSecurity Council Author:William Hague
