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.
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.
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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.
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The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
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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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Now 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
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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.
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There are unquestionably links between al-Qaida and Iraq.
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I’m afraid that’s in the nature of modern politics – it’s as much conducted by abuse as argument.
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I’m the f***ing Prime Minister!
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The class war is over.
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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 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!
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I can only go one way. I’ve not got a reverse gear.
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Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.
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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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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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