We 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 BLAIRReal integrity means an answer. It doesn’t just mean – it doesn’t mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.
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I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
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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.
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I may find Saddam Hussein’s regime abhorrent – any normal person would – but the survival of it is in his hands.
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I’m the f***ing Prime Minister!
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You 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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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.
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If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.
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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.
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The 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.
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Real integrity means an answer. It doesn’t just mean – it doesn’t mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.
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Your loss we count as our loss. Your struggle we take as our struggle.
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I can only go one way. I’ve not got a reverse gear.
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I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.
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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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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.
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