Tony Blair Quotes

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.

Well, we definitely need a strong and clear and assertive America. That's for sure. But you've always got to build alliances. And so it's very important that we are able to build those alliances. And where we don't do what in a way to extremists want us to do, which is to make this into a battle between the West and Islam - it's not. This isn't a clash between civilizations. It's about whether the values of tolerance and respect for difference prevail.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.

I had no intention of returning into the British political debate, really at all, even though I've obviously got very strong views on it, until Brexit happened, because I think Brexit is a destiny-changing decision for my country.

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.

I am a pretty straight sort of guy.

I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.

Look, I am very competitive.

Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new era. ... today's announcement is such a breakthrough, a breakthrough that opens the way for massive advancement in the treatment of cancer and hereditary diseases. And that is only the beginning.

The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories.

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.

I'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.

You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.

I hope that people know me well enough and realise that I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I never have. I think most people who have dealt with me think I am a pretty straight sort of a guy.

Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

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.

When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious.

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

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

Climate change is the world's greatest environmental challenge. It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialization and economic growth...is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable.

No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.

King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.

Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life

There are those people who basically don't like those who are different. Now, that is a prejudice and it's a prejudice that's dangerous because in the world today, the world works through connectivity. It works through going across the boundaries, but faith and culture and race in a nation.

What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.

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.

Education, education, education

Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race.

If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

My view is that we're entering into a situation of enormous instability, insecurity, fragility.

I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

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

Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

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.

Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together an open competitive society and successful economy with a just and decent society.

We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a path out of Europe.

Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education.

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman on the voting age. I think that it should remain as it is.

You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.