Tony Blair Quotes
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Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.
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The appalling details of the campaign of intimidation - which include grave-robbing - show the depths to which the animal extremists are prepared to stoop.
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You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media is itself a revolutionary phenomenon.
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There has to be certainty and there has to be clarity. There can't be ambiguity, .. This has to be certain, clear in all respects from all the parties so nobody is in any doubt about what the future holds.
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I'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.
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No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.
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You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
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Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it
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At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling in isolation from each other, but members of a community who depend on each other, who benefit from each other's help, who owe obligations to each other. From that everything stems: solidarity, social justice, equality, freedom.
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
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What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform.
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I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.
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This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today. It is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life, and we the democracies of this world are going to have to come together and fight it together.
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You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.
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The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.
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If you're living in a community that's become fragmented and left behind, there's not proper investment in it and so on, in the end, the answer is to make sure that we go and we help those communities, we educate the people properly, we build the necessary infrastructure of support for people.
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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I still think the world is better off and safer without Saddam Hussein.
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September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to America but to the world at large. The target of the terrorists was not only New York and Washington but the very values of freedom, tolerance and decency which underpin our way of life.
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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.
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I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is essential that we understand our country's historical roots. If we can learn the lessons of the past, we will be able to avoid making mistakes in the future.
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I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.
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Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.
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The jolt that Tony Blair received 35,000ft above the Pacific Ocean was not normal turbulence.