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 More Quotes by William Hague More Quotes From William Hague The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. William Hague retreatbritish Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority. William Hague isolatedminoritiesregimes There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. William Hague secretaryshadowtravel 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. William Hague hard-workpeopleideas One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet. William Hague pianoone-daybook I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. William Hague pianothings-i-lovewriting Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist. William Hague childrendirtythinking Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests. William Hague mogadishusomaliabritain If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet. William Hague feetwritingpeople 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 governmentuseforever The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. William Hague economylatinamerica The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally... William Hague carboneconomylows 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. William Hague working-togetherviewscountry Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping. William Hague these-daysdoeplay 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 climateshadowstrong A generation of children has been betrayed. William Hague betrayedgenerationschildren Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines? William Hague releaseguiltylaw I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. William Hague idealism-and-realismforeign-policyrealism I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes. William Hague principleswaythinking 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 arguingtryingworld