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title: "35 Ifs Quotes By Tony Blair"
description: "35 Ifs quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-what-the-science-tells-us-about-climate-change-is-correct-then/)

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> [You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/you-wouldn-t-be-human-if-you-didn-t-feel-both-a-sense-of/)

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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/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-integration-the-people-should/)

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

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> [If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-i-d-proposed-solving-the-pension-problem-by-compulsory-euthanasia/)

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

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> [If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-there-is-one-thing-britain-should-learn-from-the-last-50-years-it/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [If we don't act now, then we will go back to what has happened before and then of course the whole thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-don-t-act-now-then-we-will-go-back-to-what-has-happened-before/)

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

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> [In this day and age if you've got the technology then it's vital to use that technology to track people down. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/in-this-day-and-age-if-you-ve-got-the-technology-then-it-s-vital-to/)

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

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> [I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are…](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/)

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> [The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-moment-you-stigmatize-a-whole-group-of-people-for-example-muslims/)

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

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> [I couldn't live with myself if I thought that these big strategic choices for my generation were there, and I wasn't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-couldn-t-live-with-myself-if-i-thought-that-these-big-strategic/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/saddam-hussein-s-regime-is-despicable-he-is-developing-weapons-of/)

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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/)

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> [The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-is-mirrored-completely-by-the/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Sometimes people say to me, 'Well, what was the difference between Kosovo, which was a successful intervention, and Iraq and Afghanistan that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/sometimes-people-say-to-me-well-what-was-the-difference-between/)

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> [If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-re-interested-in-politics-and-you-re-not-following-it-then-it/)

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> [If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-are-going-to-carry-on-growing-and-we-will-because-no-country-is/)

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> [If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-don-t-see-the-internet-as-an-opportunity-it-will-become-a/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-best-philanthropy-is-not-just-about-giving-money-but-giving/)

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> [If we want to contrast what we have done in the past few years on delivery with what the right hon. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-want-to-contrast-what-we-have-done-in-the-past-few-years-on/)

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> [Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/some-may-belittle-politics-but-we-know-who-are-engaged-in-it-that-it/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-is-vitally-important-to-study-history-if-we-are-going-to/)

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> [I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-all-of-our-experience-with-iraqi-president-saddam-hussein/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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