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All Tony Blair Quotes
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
Tony Blair
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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.
Tony Blair
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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
Tony Blair
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
Tony Blair
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I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
Tony Blair
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
Tony Blair
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Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
Tony Blair
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
Tony Blair
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
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I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
Tony Blair
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We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
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I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
Tony Blair
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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.
Tony Blair
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There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000.
Tony Blair
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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.
Tony Blair
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