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When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of

When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says Im not sorry, and Id do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads. – William Hague

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We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights. – 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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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. – William Hague

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The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. – Aneurin Bevan

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Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. – George Orwell

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