William Hague Quotes

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone.

I'm well aware of the people's wishes.

George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!

Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.

A nation is a body of people united by a corporate sentiment of peculiar intensity, intimacy and dignity, related to a definite home-country.

Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs and hopes of his people.

Personally, I think what's happening in my beautiful country is embarrassing, but I also know that Trump doesn't speak for the majority of us.

I can't see the point in being in politics if you're not yourself. If you're simply interested in implementing other people's policies, then you should become a civil servant. If you have ideas and some form of ideology, then it's exciting because you can argue forward.

When it comes to politics, it's nice to be mired with Sarah Palin. But I'm Paul Gosar. I'm my own person.

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

CDU head Angela Merkel has tried for years to serve two sides: the conservative side by holding up her CDU party membership. But then at the same time she acts as though she were also a Social Democrat. I don't have this hydra-headed nature. In the end, people will vote for the Social Democratic original.

I had read an early profile of [Tony] Blair by Frank Millar in which he said that Blair was very keen on the 'consent principle'.

Opinion polls sponsored by newspapers were traditionally meant to bring to the fore the mood of the people objectively.

With a true Brexiteer at the helm, Parliament will have to start reflecting public opinion rather than flying in the face of it.

We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

People close to me personally, politically, have expressed frustration that I'm not the political animal that they wish that I were.

'Leader' is a political drama. It's the story of a character who understands what the people want.

I want to be part of something that can offer British people something to vote for.

Everybody in the military is a Democrat. They just don't know it.

To count as transformative, a president needs to synthesize the moment and mood of the country.

Whether it's Liberal or Conservative - any time someone has a perspective on what their experience has been as prime minister of the country, it's always interesting.

This is the extreme left's problem in both television and in politics. Whether it be lousy ratings on TV or getting votes, if you don't listen to and understand Americans, you'll pay the price at the ballot box.

Politicians used to be leaders. Now they follow voters, desperate for a tick in a box.

It was weird that I was a young person who was Republican. And I wanted to get at the heart of why it was that so many people of my generation thought that being Republican just wasn't for them. They thought that conservative ideas just weren't for them.

I love presidential campaigns. It is a time when people are feeling what is going on in the heart of our country.