The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels. – 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. – William Hague
We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You’ve seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated. – William Hague
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
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. – William Hague
Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority. – William Hague
Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests. – William Hague
It’s really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time. – William Hague
I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it. – William Hague
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
We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end. – 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. – William Hague
To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you’ve been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms. – William Hague
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. – 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. – William Hague