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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

#because #been #concluded #conflicts #dealing

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

#east #every #government #hope #human

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

— William Hague

#days #does #huge #normally #part

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

— William Hague

#lot #matters #more #place #security

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

#believe #change #climate #climate change #commitments

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

— William Hague

#britain #different #government #had #i

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. ↗

— William Hague

#against #been #believe #day #government

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's regional bureaucracies and agencies and their offices in Brussels. ↗

— William Hague

#agencies #brussels #bureaucracies #cabinet #campaign

In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time. ↗

— William Hague

#decisive #disproportionate #indecisive #neither #nor

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. ↗

— William Hague

#asia #countries #demands #elsewhere #future