Tony Blair Quotes
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I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today.
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If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.
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There should not be a party within a party.
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You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.
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One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization?
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I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.
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I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.
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I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.
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I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman on the voting age. I think that it should remain as it is.
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What we also know is we haven't found them weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.
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I don't concede it at all that the intelligence at the time was wrong.
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People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.
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The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but not make a policy. And, you know, when you are dealing with issues that are as important and serious as this, I understand why people search for simple solutions.
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I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
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Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
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Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.
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What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.
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Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.
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Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.
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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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I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.
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No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.
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I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.