277 Quotes by Jack Straw

The process of Turkish accession has turned into a lightning rod for other discontent,

What we can be sure of, however, is that if the elections are not free and fair then Zimbabwe will be in the clearest and most flagrant breach of declarations to which they have signed up.

We have just made history, ... We've had the first ministerial meeting on the opening of accession negotiations.

We have just made history, ... an EU based on values, not just history. Turkey has always been a European country.

We are all agreed that it is extremely important that as quickly as possible there is a broad-based multi-ethnic civil administration in Afghanistan.

We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran,

Life would be very boring if friends always agreed.

Let no one be in any doubt that this is a profoundly evil trade whose perpetrators have no regard for human life, ... We have been determined to crack down on this trade.

Let there be no doubt that any failure by Iraq to comply with its obligations will lead to serious consequences, ... For it is only the credible threat of force which has brought Iraq this far today.