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title: "4 Destroyed Quotes By Tony Blair"
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> [Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/can-we-be-sure-that-terrorism-and-wmd-will-join-together-if-we-are/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/tony-blair-812_carnage_can-we-be-sure-that-terrorism-and-wmd-wi_190178.jpg)

> [We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-have-a-situation-where-we-are-rich-really-as-a-world-overall-and/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-are-wrong-we-will-have-destroyed-a-threat-that-at-its-least-is/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/tony-blair-812_carnage_if-we-are-wrong-we-will-have-destroyed-a_1115075.jpg)

> [They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/they-could-have-been-removed-they-could-have-been-hidden-they-could/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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## Other authors on Destroyed

## 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/)

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