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

— William Hague

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

— William Hague

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There's only one growth strategy: work hard. ↗

— William Hague

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

— William Hague

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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

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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

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

— William Hague

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I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. ↗

— William Hague

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Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two who lived together fifty years and hated each other all that time. I can't believe they really did. Somebody has said that 'hate is only love that has missed its way.' I feel sure that under the hatred they really loved each other . . . just as I really loved you all those years I thought I hated you . . . and I think death would show it to them. I'm glad I found out in life. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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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

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