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Clare Short
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“It is ridiculous that British troops are here in Crossmaglen. The claim is that they're in Ireland keeping the peace between the two communities. But there is only one community in South Armagh, so what the heck are they doing here?”
Clare Short (born 1946) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1983 comments quoted in Toby Harden Bandit Country The IRA and South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton, 1999)
“I should make it clear [...] that we do not accept that Britain has a special responsibility to meet the costs of land purchase in Zimbabwe. We are a new government from diverse backgrounds without links to former colonial interests. My own origins are Irish and, as you know, we were colonised, not colonisers.”
Clare Short (born 1946) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why Mugabe is deaf to the West" BBC News (15 April 2008)
“They say 10,000, double, treble and then think of another number. It will be golden elephants next. They have got to stop this game. It is bad governance. It's hysterica scaremongering, which is whipping people up.”
Clare Short (born 1946) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview quoted in "Clare Short Blows her to over Volcano Isle" The Observer (24 August 1997), p. 1
“I also believe that US backing for Israeli policies of expansion of the Israeli state and oppression of the Palestinian people is the major cause of bitter division and violence in the world.”
Clare Short (born 1946) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Weeping Skies and The Times (21 November 2006).