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Politics Quotes by Tony Blair

56 Politics quotes by Tony Blair

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Blair notes that politicians often talk about electability as if it’s a simple math problem, yet he urges trying the impossible. He observes that the public feels ignored while politicians feel misunderstood, and he stresses that any war needs parliamentary approval. He also highlights political courage as thinking anew and being ready to lead.

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If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.

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I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.

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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 can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.

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Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

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I'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.

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I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.

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No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.

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“The single hardest thing for a practicing politician to understand is that most people, most of the time, don’t give politics a…

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One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.

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So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government,…

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I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a…

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People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.

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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it…

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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

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The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to…

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I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability…

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This may be the day when finally after all the false dawns and dashed hope, peace replaced war, politics replaces terror on…

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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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Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And,…

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A lot of the politics that is going on left and right at the moment is more about a protest, which we…

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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government…

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At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling…

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You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of…

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“you have to be able to answer those questions plainly and clearly. There can be qualifications and “get-outs,” but the answers must…

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I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center…

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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,…

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There are two outstanding issues in democratic politics these days. One is the relationship with the media, which is now 24/7, and…

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Ask me my three main priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education, and education.

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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

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We know the problems… and we know the solution; sustainable development. The issue is the political will

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Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform,…

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In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

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In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters…

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I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at…

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The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom…

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One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is…

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Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

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I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the…

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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…

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

I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the…

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she…

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

I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all…

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

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

Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.

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

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

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

How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of…

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.