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.
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 BLAIRSociety works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.
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 BLAIRI’m the f***ing Prime Minister!
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 BLAIRIf there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.
TONY BLAIRBut 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 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 BLAIRI think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
TONY BLAIRThe spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
TONY BLAIRThere has to be certainty and there has to be clarity. There can’t be ambiguity, .. This has to be certain, clear in all respects from all the parties so nobody is in any doubt about what the future holds.
TONY BLAIRImmigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.
TONY BLAIRThe big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and cultures.
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 BLAIRLabour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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.
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