Leadership Quotes by Tony Blair

15 Leadership quotes by Tony Blair

Tony Blair’s fifteen reflections on leadership draw from his time steering a country and influencing global affairs. The collection balances political pragmatism with a call for progressive action.

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You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

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That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

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Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

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Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.

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“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

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I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of…

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I can stand here today, leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister, and say to the British people: you have never had…

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King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king.…

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Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

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It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.

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Bill Clinton has been a true leader of the western world. He has been a friend and a counsel to me and…

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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…

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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader…

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I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

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Politics may be the art of the possible, but at least in life, give the impossible a go.

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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 in all…

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I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and…

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Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.

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The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for

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People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

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The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually,…

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