The British Retreat Is Over And Now

Governments That Block The Aspirations Of Their People, That Steal Or Are Corrupt, That Oppress And Torture Or That Deny Freedom Of Expression And Human Rights Should Bear In Mind That They Will Find It Increasingly Hard To Escape The Judgement Of Their Own People, Or Where Warranted, The Reach Of International Law.

Governments That Use Violence To Stop Democratic Development Will Not Earn Themselves Respite Forever. They Will Pay An Increasingly High Price For Actions Which They Can No Longer Hide From The World With Ease, And Will Find Themselves On The Wrong Side Of History.

We Are Not Directly Involved In Syria. But We Will Be Working With Our Partners In The European Union And At The United Nations To See If We Can Persuade The Syrian Authorities To Go, As I Say, More In That Direction Of Respect For Democracy And Human Rights.

Syria 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.

You Can Gain In Your Effectiveness As A Politician From A Wide Acquaintance With The World And From A Degree Of Independence That Having Some Outside Interests Gives.