William Hague Quotes
I know people are fickle.
Hague, William. Interview by Ginny Dougary. The Times, Times Newspapers, 17 Feb. 2007.
member of Parliament belonging to no political party
That was true for Maryland even in modern times. Originally the only Catholic founded colony until modern times had been the buffer between the Southern States and the Northern. In the Civil War, Maryland was filled with passionate advocates for both sides.
This and other quotations like {640617} and {640615} show that the State Department knew that Mobutu Sese Seko, the man we were backing in the Congo had many very undesirable characteristics for a dependable foreign ally and one who should be given control of billions of American money. Yet nothing was done and we continued to support him despite the kleptocracy and the instability that undermined his regime and the United States along with it.
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire, as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 until 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.
