Tony Blair Quotes
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You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media is itself a revolutionary phenomenon.
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As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.
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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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A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.
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The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.
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Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one
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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
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Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.
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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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It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.
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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 need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of climate change; and that above all can show us not that we can avoid changing our behaviour but we can change it in a way that is environmentally sustainable.
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Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister
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I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.
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The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.
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What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.
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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'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.
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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.
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The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
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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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No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.
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I still think the world is better off and safer without Saddam Hussein.
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We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.