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

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

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, People, Police, Democracy, Law

Education is the best economic policy there is. Tony Blair

Education, Best, Policy, Economic

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. Tony Blair

Small, Conflict, Wish, Dominate, Number

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, You, Choice, Difficult

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

Progress, Never, Human, Shaped, Been

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. Tony Blair

Music, Truth, Truth Is, Feel, Rock, More

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, Act

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

Action, Inaction, Whatever, Take, Far

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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

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. Tony Blair

Business, Perspective, Strong, Win, You

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. Tony Blair

Future, History, Time, Moment, Choices

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, People, Insecurity

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion. Tony Blair

Today, World, New, Now, Danger, Order

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. Tony Blair

History, Evil, Rest, World, Stand, Will

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

Understanding, Choice, Meeting, Defeat

Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world. Tony Blair

World, Reality, Values, Hopeless, Real

Be a doer and not a critic. Tony Blair

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, Liberty, Humanity, Divide, Just

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

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

I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right. Tony Blair

Politics, Experience, Think, You, Matter

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

Boss, Me, Street, Always, Call, Civil

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, April, Days, Final, Gulf War, After

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight. Tony Blair

Life, Relationship, Politics, Walk, Easy

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