Tony Blair Quotes
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We are going to expand enormously -- our economy, our consumption, over the years to come ... But the consequences of that on emissions are going to be severe unless we change direction.
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We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.
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I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
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Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.
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What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.
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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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The British people are the boss.
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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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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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The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.
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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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I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.
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When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time.
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I still think the world is better off and safer without Saddam Hussein.
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In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
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I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
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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.
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Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale.
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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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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.
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Climate change is the world's greatest environmental challenge. It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialization and economic growth...is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable.
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The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.
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I'm not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is. Europe isn't owned by any of them, Europe is owned by all of us.
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The biological agents we believe Iraq can produce include anthrax, botulinum, toxin, aflatoxin and ricin. All eventually result in excruciatingly painful death.