--- title: "17 Should Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "17 Should quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/tony-blair-812_equality_there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-par_589853.jpg" --- > [There should not be a party within a party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-party/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/tony-blair-812_equality_there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-par_589853.jpg) > [What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-people-should-understand-is-that-i-adore-the-labour-party/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/tony-blair-812_adore_what-people-should-understand-is-that-i_1305923.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/tony-blair-812_election_if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-i_462092.jpg) > [My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-office-is-on-twitter-i-don-t-tweet-myself-at-least-not/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/tony-blair-812_myself_my-office-is-on-twitter-i-don-t-tweet-my_932819.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/tony-blair-812_britain_if-there-is-one-thing-britain-should-lea_2878946.jpg) > [Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/every-so-often-i-feel-i-should-graduate-to-classical-music-properly/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/tony-blair-812_classical_every-so-often-i-feel-i-should-graduate_2654401.jpg) > [People should go about their daily lives, to work, to live, to travel, to shop, to do the things people did in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/people-should-go-about-their-daily-lives-to-work-to-live-to-travel-to/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/tony-blair-812_daily-life_people-should-go-about-their-daily-lives_1662433.jpg) > [However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/however-much-i-dislike-the-idea-of-abortion-you-should-not/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/tony-blair-812_abortion_however-much-i-dislike-the-idea-of-abort_1237821.jpg) > [I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-am-not-sure-that-we-would-always-want-16-year-olds-to-do-all-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/tony-blair-812_age_i-am-not-sure-that-we-would-always-want_2548334.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/tony-blair-812_age_in-this-day-and-age-if-you-ve-got-the-te_1289739.jpg) > [My view always is that we should learn the lessons, both of the last sort of 50 years of policy-making and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-view-always-is-that-we-should-learn-the-lessons-both-of-the-last/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/tony-blair-812_active_my-view-always-is-that-we-should-learn-t_1560488.jpg) > [A lot of the politics that is going on left and right at the moment is more about a protest, which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/a-lot-of-the-politics-that-is-going-on-left-and-right-at-the-moment/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/tony-blair-812_alliances_a-lot-of-the-politics-that-is-going-on-l_3218679.jpg) > [Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this: nothing could ever justify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/understand-the-causes-of-terror-yes-we-should-try-but-let-there-be-no/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/tony-blair-812_ambiguity_understand-the-causes-of-terror-yes-we-s_563904.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/tony-blair-812_carnage_can-we-be-sure-that-terrorism-and-wmd-wi_190178.jpg) > [For me, 9/11 was a game changer. It altered my perception of the security threat we faced. I took the position that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/for-me-9-11-was-a-game-changer-it-altered-my-perception-of-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/tony-blair-812_altered_for-me-9-11-was-a-game-changer-it-altere_1093094.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) > [All new schools...should be models for sustainable development: showing every child in the classroom and the playground how smart building and energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/all-new-schools-should-be-models-for-sustainable-development-showing/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/tony-blair-812_bricks_all-new-schools-should-be-models-for-sus_1897222.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/should/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "17 Should Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There should not be a party within a party.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-party/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/tony-blair-812_equality_there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-par_589853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/tony-blair-812_equality_there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-par_589853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/tony-blair-812_equality_there-should-not-be-a-party-within-a-par_589853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There should not be a party within a party.” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-people-should-understand-is-that-i-adore-the-labour-party/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/tony-blair-812_adore_what-people-should-understand-is-that-i_1305923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/tony-blair-812_adore_what-people-should-understand-is-that-i_1305923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/tony-blair-812_adore_what-people-should-understand-is-that-i_1305923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-integration-the-people-should/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/tony-blair-812_election_if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-i_462092.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/tony-blair-812_election_if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-i_462092.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/tony-blair-812_election_if-there-are-further-steps-to-european-i_462092.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election…” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My office is on Twitter. 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