277 Quotes by Jack Straw

Each of these tests is demanding but eminently deliverable. We are working as hard as we possibly can to secure a second resolution.

We don't have to make a decision today about this. I think the appropriate place for that to be announced is to the British parliament and there'll be a statement from me in exactly a week's time when parliament reassembles.

Everyone knows that the Arab peoples want prosperity, freedom and democracy every bit as much as anyone in Europe or America,

The overall result is less than we hoped but more than we expected.

We have looked at the letter very carefully. The Iranians are under an obligation to respond positively to the resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... and we look to them to do that,

That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil,

We agreed that it is not possible for ministers to order the judiciary around.

that have reportedly left thousands of the most vulnerable homeless and destitute and called on the government to abide by the rule of law and respect for human rights.

The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us,