Tony Blair Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Tony Blair
Tony Blair Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Tony Blair on Wise Famous Quotes.
If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.
Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it
What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform.
Today the impulse towards interdependence is immeasurably greater. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community
Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.
Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.
We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.
If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it.
Terrorism brings the reprisal; the reprisal brings the additional hatred; the additional hatred breeds the additional terrorism, and so on.
All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland
She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.
The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit
In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics ... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.
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.
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world.
It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American argument or parody their political leadership.
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.
Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.
Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.
The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.
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.
I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and to endorse him fully.
I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.
I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
We know the problems ... and we know the solution; sustainable development. The issue is the political will
The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.
My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.
Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
Ask me my three main priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education, and education.
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
As so often before on the courage and determination of British men and women serving our country the fate of many nations rest.
The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.
We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.
I haven't got the time to sit here arguing with someone whose idea of a coherent foreign policy is what comes up in Google when you type in peace!
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again - we have pledged to remove Saddam and we will deliver
The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.
You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.