Tony Blair Quotes
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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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Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.
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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 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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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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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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She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.
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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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You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.
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Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.
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I think I made the wrong career choice
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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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I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.
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Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.
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If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The only way you get anything like this done is if people think, 'I understand why it is being done.'
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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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I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead and to decide. I was now studying the third: how to take the calculated risk. I was going to alienate some people, like it or not. The moment you decide, you divide.
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Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.
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My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform.
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I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered.
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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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We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.
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Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this the vote on the Iraq war through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'
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The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.