Tony Blair quotes - page 7

I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless it is clear to him that if diplomacy does not work, that the threatened reality of force is there. (Tony Blair)
This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today.
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Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, ... The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence.
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Understand the causes of terror Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this nothing could ever justify the events of September 11 and it is to turn justice on its head to pretend it could.
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Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.
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The fact is we have an Iraqi government, supported by the United Nations, trying desperately to bring stability and hope and democracy to Iraq, ... Our job has got to be helping them.
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There is no question here of a deal or trade-off. We are working very hard with the Romanian government to stop illegal immigration and to get to a point where visas are no longer necessary.
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We want to resolve the issue of North Korea and its nuclear weapons program and the export of nuclear technology by peaceful and constructive dialogue.
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If they pull out it would be catastrophic for the people of Iraq and the cause of democracy and it would be a win for terrorists.
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We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whether it will be possible in the future to bring people back into consensus together. Can we do that I don't know, but it's important that we at least begin a process of dialogue that allows us to make progress on this.
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There are bound to be disagreements over trade, partly because of the very strength of China's economic performance. (Tony Blair)
Libya has stated that weapons of mass destruction are not the answer for Libya's defense, ... Libya's actions entitle it to rejoin the international community.
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Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require more troops, we don't provide them.
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Libya has declared its intention to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction and to limit the range of Libyan missiles to no greater than 300 kilometers, ... that this process will be transparent and verifiable.
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So for those who sometimes say that the process in the Middle East is hopeless we say we can look at Northern Ireland and take some hope from that.
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Let no one be in doubt that the rules of the game are changing, ... If you come to our country from abroad, don't meddle in extremism.
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We believe you can achieve much more through persuasion and by encouraging China to open up to the outside world than by turning your back on China.
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If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this Europe can only get more important for us.
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China is a major priority for Britain. We've got to engage with China on a broad agenda -- because China's impact on our interests is large and growing.
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In the end there is no escaping from the fact that businesses run business. And the best thing government can do is set a framework within which business has the stability to plan and invest in the future [...] I want a situation more like the Democrats and the Republicans in the US. People don't even question for a single moment that the Democrats are pro-business party. They should not be asking the question about the New Labour [...] New Labour is pro-business, pro-enterprise, and we believe there is nothing inconsistent between that and a decent and just society.
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