--- title: "16 Ends Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "16 Ends quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Ends sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/tony-blair-812_depends_stirring-is-ok-it-just-depends-what-happ_2699958.jpg" --- > [Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/stirring-is-ok-it-just-depends-what-happens-in-the-end/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/tony-blair-812_depends_stirring-is-ok-it-just-depends-what-happ_2699958.jpg) > [Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/leaders-lead-but-in-the-end-it-s-the-people-who-deliver/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/tony-blair-812_end_leaders-lead-but-in-the-end-it-s-the-peo_2019180.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) > [When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/when-i-started-out-as-prime-minister-i-wanted-to-please-all-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/tony-blair-812_ends_when-i-started-out-as-prime-minister-i-w_1348728.jpg) > [If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-people-in-the-end-think-that-you-can-t-do-something-in-a-way-which/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/tony-blair-812_acceptable_if-people-in-the-end-think-that-you-can_838450.jpg) > [All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/all-the-way-through-we-have-been-willing-to-take-risks-provided-at/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/tony-blair-812_decent_all-the-way-through-we-have-been-willing_2473913.jpg) > [What I don't know is whether there is a way politically that you can beat away these, some of these populist movements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-i-don-t-know-is-whether-there-is-a-way-politically-that-you-can/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/tony-blair-812_answers_what-i-don-t-know-is-whether-there-is-a_1630374.jpg) > [There's a great frustration with the system. There's a lot of anger out there. But in the end, you need answers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-s-a-great-frustration-with-the-system-there-s-a-lot-of-anger/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/tony-blair-812_anger_there-s-a-great-frustration-with-the-sys_932330.jpg) > [I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-crime-is-a-huge-issue-for-people-if-you-were-living-in-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/tony-blair-812_crime_i-think-crime-is-a-huge-issue-for-people_374565.jpg) > [You've got problems in Central Asia. And you've got problems within our own communities back home. So if we end up saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/you-ve-got-problems-in-central-asia-and-you-ve-got-problems-within/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/tony-blair-812_asia_you-ve-got-problems-in-central-asia-and_2952228.jpg) > [I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/tony-blair-812_absence_i-mean-you-can-agree-or-disagree-with-ir_51665.jpg) > [As the world transforms, moves closer together, jobs are displaced, and the world of work completely changes the way we live, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/as-the-world-transforms-moves-closer-together-jobs-are-displaced-and/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/tony-blair-812_challenges_as-the-world-transforms-moves-closer-tog_2004979.jpg) > [I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-learnt-a-lot-in-government-and-i-ve-learnt-a-lot-since-leaving/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/tony-blair-812_capable_i-learnt-a-lot-in-government-and-i-ve-le_2732802.jpg) > [Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/obviously-it-is-right-that-the-afghans-take-responsibility-for-their/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/tony-blair-812_afghanistan_obviously-it-is-right-that-the-afghans-t_380115.jpg) > [If you're living in a community that's become fragmented and left behind, there's not proper investment in it and so on, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-re-living-in-a-community-that-s-become-fragmented-and-left/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/tony-blair-812_answers_if-you-re-living-in-a-community-that-s-b_1115629.jpg) > [I do not want to end up with an American style of politics, with us going out there beating our chest about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-do-not-want-to-end-up-with-an-american-style-of-politics-with-us/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/tony-blair-812_bits_i-do-not-want-to-end-up-with-an-american_2767618.jpg) ## Other authors on Ends ## 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/ends/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "16 Ends Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stirring is OK. 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