You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you dont agree with, or find disagreeable, so its important to stress that balance. – William Hague
Where defining foreign policy as ethical went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes. – William Hague
I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. – William Hague
I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people wont 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