Tony Blair Short Quotes

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Don't say yes to that question, that would be difficult.
Blair quickly interrupted when a reporter asked Bush if he sees Blair as his poodle

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I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.

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Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one

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I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.

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The state of Africa is a scar on the conscience of the world.

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Go round smiling at everyone, and get other people to shoot them.
On constituency party enemies

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We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.

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Our party: New Labour. Our mission: new Britain. New Labour new Britain.

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The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

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Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.

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I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.

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This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about civilisation.

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Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

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My project will be complete when the Labour party learns to love Peter Mandelson.

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We've already discovered, just so far, the remains of 400,000 people in mass graves.

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That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

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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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Before people crow about the absence of Weapons of Mass Destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

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Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime.
As Shadow Home Secretary

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This is not a time for soundbites. We've left them at home. I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders.

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We need two or three eye-catching initiatives…I should be personally associated with as much of this as possible.

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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.

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If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.

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I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.

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If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it.

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It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American argument or parody their political leadership.

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Isn't it extraordinary that the Prime Minister of our country can't even urge his Party to back his own position. Weak! Weak! Weak!

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As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

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