--- title: "19 Knows Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "19 Knows quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/tony-blair-812_development_we-know-the-problems-and-we-know-the-sol_814560.jpg" --- > [We know the problems… and we know the solution; sustainable development. The issue is the political will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-know-the-problems-and-we-know-the-solution-sustainable-development/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/tony-blair-812_development_we-know-the-problems-and-we-know-the-sol_814560.jpg) > [The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-british-are-special-the-world-knows-it-in-our-innermost-thoughts/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/tony-blair-812_british_the-british-are-special-the-world-knows_1116726.jpg) > [I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-m-a-labour-politician-but-you-know-i-can-see-decent-tories-with/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/tony-blair-812_decent_i-m-a-labour-politician-but-you-know-i-c_2554517.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/tony-blair-812_advantage_the-great-advantage-of-the-lib-dems-is-p_89890.jpg) > [The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-blunt-truth-about-the-politics-of-climate-change-is-that-no/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/tony-blair-812_bases_the-blunt-truth-about-the-politics-of-cl_609610.jpg) > [We know British Muslims in general abhor the actions of the extremists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-know-british-muslims-in-general-abhor-the-actions-of-the-extremists/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/tony-blair-812_action_we-know-british-muslims-in-general-abhor_1926837.jpg) > [If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-are-trying-to-take-a-difficult-decision-and-you-re-weighing-up/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/tony-blair-812_communication_if-you-are-trying-to-take-a-difficult-de_1483189.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) > [The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-problem-is-some-of-the-populism-on-both-the-far-left-and-the-far/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tony-blair-812_important_the-problem-is-some-of-the-populism-on-b_162202.jpg) > [What is obviously unfair is that the half of the population that doesn't go to university that's often on lower incomes pays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-is-obviously-unfair-is-that-the-half-of-the-population-that/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/tony-blair-812_contributing_what-is-obviously-unfair-is-that-the-hal_2405714.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) > [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) > [I hope that people know me well enough and realise that I would never do anything to harm the country or anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-hope-that-people-know-me-well-enough-and-realise-that-i-would-never/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/tony-blair-812_country_i-hope-that-people-know-me-well-enough-a_1779449.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/tony-blair-812_begin-again_if-we-don-t-act-now-then-we-will-go-back_924392.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 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) > [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/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/tony-blair-812_arena_some-may-belittle-politics-but-we-know-w_2960985.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) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "19 Knows Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We know the problems… and we know the solution; sustainable development. 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