Tony Blair Quotes
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The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
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However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.
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Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.
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What I will say to people is what you require are rules and not prejudices.
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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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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.
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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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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.
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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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The jolt that Tony Blair received 35,000ft above the Pacific Ocean was not normal turbulence.
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There are two outstanding issues in democratic politics these days. One is the relationship with the media, which is now 24/7, and operates with a completely different intensity than even 15 or 20 years ago. How do we have a proper conversation between leaders and country when it's moderated sometimes in a very partisan and inflammatory way? And the second thing is the effectiveness of our democracy. How do we get the right gene and talent pool in politics?
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Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.