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William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL (born 26 March 1961), is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire as Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.

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

Common, Common Sense, Discipline, High, High Standards, Speak

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.

Earning, Lower, People, Reduce, Share, Taxes

The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before.

Actually, Concentric, Decision, Diffusion, Human, World

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.

Decided, Decision, Needs, Parliaments, People

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

Campaign, Campaigns, Party, People

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.

Effectiveness, Gives, Giving, Independence, Wide

I know people are fickle.

Fickle, Know, Knows, People

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

Foreign Policy, Idealism, Idealism And Realism, Realism, Tempered, Thought

We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.

Forces, Libya, Occupation, Part, Resolution, Says

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

Egypt, Nation, Nations, Sovereign

On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.

Credit, Four, Notion, Party, Right, Years

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.

Ideas, Mean, Sail, Set, Titanic

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.

Promise, Half, Brown, Abolish, Boom

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

Become, Country, Group, View, Views, Working Together

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

Clique, Government, Know, Nasty, Wings

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.

Government, Human, Law, Principle, Rights

Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.

Come, Messages, Repression, Responsible, Today

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

Change, Principles, Society, Thinking, Way

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.

Balance, Business, Disagreeable, Influence, People, Stress

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.

Ends, Internationally, Isolated, Meaningful, President

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