On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.
William HagueSyria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.
William HagueWhen you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.
William HagueIt was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
William HagueWhen we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the European Union Act 2011, by law that cannot happen without a referendum. And we are just as right that the EU has more power in our national life than it should, and I believe as strongly as I ever have that when the right moment comes this party should set out to reduce it.
William Hague