3 December 2020 Tony Blair But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair I didn’t come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it’s an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics it’s always about the next challenge.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It’s your choice.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
3 December 2020 Tony Blair 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.
