Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

Blair is regarded by most people in Britain as a smarmy git.