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

Tony Blair

We 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 BLAIR

Consumption Economy Years
There are unquestionably links between al-Qaida and Iraq.
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Als Country Links People
Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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Crime Law Order Party
The class war is over.
TONY BLAIR

Class Happen Over War
There 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 BLAIR

Clarity Doubt Party
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 BLAIR

Essential People Together
I 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 BLAIR

Journey Responsibility Thinking
The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the drive, the determination, the refusal to accept that something can’t be done if it needs to be into their philanthropy.
TONY BLAIR

Determination Give Money Successful
Real integrity means an answer. It doesn’t just mean – it doesn’t mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.
TONY BLAIR

Integrity Mean Real Ride
I can only go one way. I’ve not got a reverse gear.
TONY BLAIR

Gears Reverse Way
But 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 BLAIR

Confidence Fall Key Order
Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.
TONY BLAIR

Opportunity Responsibility Together
I 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 BLAIR

Country Google Idea People
If 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 BLAIR

Business Country Growth
I don’t like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don’t make a big thing of it.
TONY BLAIR

Belief Religion Religious
The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
TONY BLAIR

Security Speech Spread

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