Tony Blair quotes - page 2

If we don't act now, we can't keep those people down there forever. We can't wait forever. If we don't act now, then we will go back to what has happened before and then of course the whole thing begins again and he carries on developing these weapons and these are dangerous weapons, particularly if they fall into the hands of terrorists who we know want to use these weapons if they can get them. (Tony Blair)
The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth, and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few. View quote
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This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about civilisation. View quote
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I can stand here today, leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister, and say to the British people: you have never had it so ... prudent. View quote
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The spirit of our age is one in which the prejudices of the past are put behind us, where our diversity is our strength. It is this which is under attack. Moderates are not moderate through weakness but through strength. Now is the time to show it in defence of our common values. View quote
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I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again. View quote
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Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay. View quote
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To state a timetable now would simply paralyze the proper working of government, put at risk the changes we are making for Britain and damage the country. View quote
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[The Joint Intelligence Committee] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population, and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability. View quote
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We have no plans to increase tax at all. View quote
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Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education. (Tony Blair)
Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will. View quote
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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. View quote
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You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife. View quote
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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. (Tony Blair)
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. View quote
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Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. View quote
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. View quote
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. View quote
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