Tony Blair Quotes

English - Statesman Born: May 6, 1953

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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. - Tony Blair

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. Tony Blair

Do The Right Thing, Win, Better, Lose

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. Tony Blair

Freedom, Democracy, People, Law, Police

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice. Tony Blair

Woman, Abortion, Choice, You, Difficult

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. Tony Blair

Progress, Never, Human, Shaped, Been

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

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

Leadership, Art, Saying, Easy, Say, Yes

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

Live, World, Long, New, Defines

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. Tony Blair

War, Days, April, Final, Declaration

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for. Tony Blair

Great, Stand, Knows, Advantage, No-One

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular. Tony Blair

Journey, Government, End, Start, You

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater. Tony Blair

Action, Inaction, Whatever, Far, Take

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I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear. Tony Blair

I Can, Way, Go, Only, Got, Gear

Be a doer and not a critic. Tony Blair

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together. Tony Blair

Nature, Together, I Am, People, Believe

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough. Tony Blair

Decision, Advice, Tough, Know, You, Mean

The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. Tony Blair

Purpose, Consequences, Terrorism, Divide

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. Tony Blair

Real, Destruction, Nuclear Weapons

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

Day, New York, People, You, Way, New

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. Tony Blair

Boss, Me, Street, Always, Call, Servants

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice. Tony Blair

Great, People, Choice, Feel, Listen, Say

But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. Tony Blair

Confidence, Together, Fall, Insecurity

And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty. Tony Blair

Hate, Humanity, Liberty, Divide, Just

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. Tony Blair

Hope, Politics, Challenge, Government

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. Tony Blair

Work, Faith, Respect, World, Foundation

Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: 'Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.' Tony Blair

Technology, Science, Mind, People, Me

Choice dependent on wealth; those are the Tory words. Tony Blair

Words, Wealth, Choice, Dependent, Those

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. Tony Blair

Today, I Am, Feel, Country, Everyone, Am

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