--- title: "20 Believe Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "20 Believe quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/tony-blair-812_believe_i-only-know-what-i-believe-562866_562866.jpg" --- > [“I only know what I believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-only-know-what-i-believe/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/tony-blair-812_believe_i-only-know-what-i-believe-562866_562866.jpg) > [Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/retreat-might-give-us-a-moment-of-respite-but-years-of-repentance-at/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/tony-blair-812_believe_retreat-might-give-us-a-moment-of-respit_2964801.jpg) > [People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/people-know-where-i-stand-in-the-labour-party-and-what-i-believe-in/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/tony-blair-812_believe_people-know-where-i-stand-in-the-labour_95075.jpg) > [I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-believe-mrs-thatcher-s-emphasis-on-enterprise-was-right/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/tony-blair-812_believe_i-believe-mrs-thatcher-s-emphasis-on-ent_3118858.jpg) > [I think it is having answers and not simply anger, and providing solutions that people believe will change their lives in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-is-having-answers-and-not-simply-anger-and-providing/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/tony-blair-812_anger_i-think-it-is-having-answers-and-not-sim_3231475.jpg) > [Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/fifteen-years-ago-if-you-said-business-will-help-save-the-environment/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/tony-blair-812_believe_fifteen-years-ago-if-you-said-business-w_1396943.jpg) > [The biological agents we believe Iraq can produce include anthrax, botulinum, toxin, aflatoxin and ricin. All eventually result in excruciatingly painful death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-biological-agents-we-believe-iraq-can-produce-include-anthrax/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/tony-blair-812_agents_the-biological-agents-we-believe-iraq-ca_187422.jpg) > [It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-is-absurd-to-say-in-respect-of-any-intelligence-that-it-is/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/tony-blair-812_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-say-in-respect-of-any-in_3014553.jpg) > [The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-intelligence-is-clear-saddam-continues-to-believe-his-wmd/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/tony-blair-812_aggression_the-intelligence-is-clear-saddam-continu_2327721.jpg) > [I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-that-centrism-is-often-it-s/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/tony-blair-812_believe_i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-tha_967440.jpg) > [Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/do-i-know-i-m-right-judgements-aren-t-the-same-as-facts-instinct-is/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/tony-blair-812_being-wrong_do-i-know-i-m-right-judgements-aren-t-th_2080542.jpg) > [ What we also know is we haven't found them \[weapons of mass destruction\] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-we-also-know-is-we-haven-t-found-them-weapons-of-mass/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/tony-blair-812_believe_what-we-also-know-is-we-haven-t-found-th_671580.jpg) > [I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-believe-the-bicentenary-offers-us-a-chance-not-just-to-say-how/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/tony-blair-812_abolition_i-believe-the-bicentenary-offers-us-a-ch_3053684.jpg) > [Because I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/because-i-happen-to-believe-that-the-best-policy-solutions-lie-in-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/tony-blair-812_agendas_because-i-happen-to-believe-that-the-bes_2209089.jpg) > [One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/one-thing-i-m-not-sure-of-and-it-s-a-very-open-question-is-whether/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/tony-blair-812_answers_one-thing-i-m-not-sure-of-and-it-s-a-ver_2720522.jpg) > [But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/but-i-am-an-optimist-about-britain-and-the-difference-between-an/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/tony-blair-812_believe_but-i-am-an-optimist-about-britain-and-t_2144738.jpg) > [If you've got communities that feel they've been left behind, if you've got - as you do in Britain at the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they-ve-been-left-behind-if-you/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tony-blair-812_addresses_if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they_2792999.jpg) > [I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-say-the-elite-looks-out-of-touch-because-it-s-kind-of-saying-look/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/tony-blair-812_around-the-world_i-say-the-elite-looks-out-of-touch-becau_746258.jpg) > [I do believe that if you reach a just and fair settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians it will have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-do-believe-that-if-you-reach-a-just-and-fair-settlement-between-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/tony-blair-812_believe_i-do-believe-that-if-you-reach-a-just-an_1544093.jpg) > [By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/by-nature-i-am-a-unifier-i-am-a-builder-of-consensus-i-don-t-believe/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/tony-blair-812_believe_by-nature-i-am-a-unifier-i-am-a-builder_1068645.jpg) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Tony Blair > [I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-happen-to-think-it-s-the-politics-that-makes-you-electable-but-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-have-absolutely-no-doubt-at-all-that-we-will-find-evidence-of/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-mean-you-can-agree-or-disagree-with-iraq-or-afghanistan-but-by-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-dad-was-a-militant-atheist-or-is-a-militant-atheist-my-mum-was/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [Politics may be the art of the possible, but at least in life, give the impossible a go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/politics-may-be-the-art-of-the-possible-but-at-least-in-life-give-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-also-as-i-think-most-people-do-have-a-healthy-instinct-that-if-we/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-is-not-a-sensible-or-intelligent-response-for-us-in-europe-to/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-am-absolutely-delighted-to-give-my-full-support-to-gordon-as-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/society-works-by-putting-opportunity-and-responsibility-together/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-great-advantage-of-the-lib-dems-is-precisely-that-no-one-knows/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/people-know-where-i-stand-in-the-labour-party-and-what-i-believe-in/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-only-society-that-works-today-is-also-one-founded-on-mutual/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/how-do-we-deal-with-not-just-the-acts-of-violence-but-the-extremist/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-public-think-the-politicians-don-t-know-or-care-about-their-lives/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-s-important-for-people-like-me-to-evaluate-and-reevaluate/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "20 Believe Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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