More - Clare Short Quotes

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

Clare Short

 British Politician

I will not uphold a breach of international law or this undermining of the U.N. and will resign from the government.

Clare Short

 Breach

They seem now to have started rounding up refugees queuing to leave Kosovo and returning them by force.

Clare Short

 Force

You might not think it to read the coverage in the British media, but this woman is some kind of hero in the poorest regions of the world. People in the Foreign Office used to laugh at the international development department. Now its work is seen as integral to British international standing.

Clare Short

 British

For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.

Clare Short

 

I'm not sending a minister because I don't expect it to be an effective summit.

Clare Short

 Effective

We remain concerned that refugees in Macedonia are being forced onto planes and buses. This is unacceptable. We understand Macedonian concerns and will provide support to Macedonia, provided it complies with international rights and norms in its treatment of refugees.

Clare Short

 

Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment

Clare Short

 

There is no doubt there is an Iraq effect and the Liberal Democrats are rising on that.

Clare Short

 Democrats

We have reports of systematic and organized use of rape,

Clare Short