Tony Blair Quotes
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Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.
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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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When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.
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A challenge so far-reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence... There is no doubt that the time to act is now.
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We know British Muslims, in general, abhor the actions of the extremists.
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Look, I am very competitive.
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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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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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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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I think the center ground have got to become the people of change again and not the guardians of the status quo. And that is the weakness it comes to in our campaign. You can see it in your politics, you can see it everywhere.
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The trouble is nowadays that parts of the media operate in a very partisan way. There's no point in complaining about it, that's the way it is. But let's be clear, a lot of it is driven by the views of a pretty small number of people, rather than a normal standard of journalism.
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You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
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The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.
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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.
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We have no plans to increase tax at all.
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They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.
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Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race.
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Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.
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I'm not asking you to agree with me, but at least open your mind.
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There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.
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What the commission that myself and Leon Panetta is trying to do is analyze this in two respects. First of all, what's the right military response and security response?
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Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree
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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.