If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.
TONY BLAIRIf there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.
TONY BLAIRThe view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions.
TONY BLAIRLabour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
TONY BLAIRI haven’t got the time to sit here arguing with someone whose idea of a coherent foreign policy is what comes up in Google when you type in peace!
TONY BLAIRWe are going to expand enormously — our economy, our consumption, over the years to come … But the consequences of that on emissions are going to be severe unless we change direction.
TONY BLAIRBut 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.
TONY BLAIRWe fall for… the theories of betrayal very easily, and one of the things that’s always depressed me about the left, ever since I started in politics, is their ability to imbibe the propaganda of the right and regurgitate it to the left.
TONY BLAIRThe class war is over.
TONY BLAIRNow you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it – but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister
TONY BLAIRYour loss we count as our loss. Your struggle we take as our struggle.
TONY BLAIRI’m afraid that’s in the nature of modern politics – it’s as much conducted by abuse as argument.
TONY BLAIRIf we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.
TONY BLAIRI want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
TONY BLAIRYou 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 BLAIRThe spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
TONY BLAIRImmigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.
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