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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Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.
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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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There's a huge wave of anti-establishment feeling. There's an enormous amount of anger. And it's collapsing governments and political movements across the world right now.
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I'm not asking you to agree with me, but at least open your mind.
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There's a great frustration with the system. There's a lot of anger out there. But in the end, you need answers and not just anger. But anyway, let me not trespass too much into your politics. I've got enough problems in my own politics.
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The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.
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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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Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.
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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.
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Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.
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Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.
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There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.
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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
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If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.
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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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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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Look, I am very competitive.
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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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We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not...
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Bill Clinton has been a true leader of the western world. He has been a friend and a counsel to me and other leaders right around the world.
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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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Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race.