--- title: "19 Want Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "19 Want quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/tony-blair-812_europe_of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-re_571893.jpg" --- > [Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-recognition-that-what-we-want/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/tony-blair-812_europe_of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-re_571893.jpg) > [A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/a-simple-way-to-take-measure-of-a-country-is-to-look-at-how-many-want/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/tony-blair-812_country_a-simple-way-to-take-measure-of-a-countr_341944.jpg) > [I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-want-my-son-to-grow-up-in-a-place-where-the-people-are-more/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/tony-blair-812_government_i-want-my-son-to-grow-up-in-a-place-wher_1128841.jpg) > [I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-want-to-see-a-publicly-owned-railway-publicly-accountable/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/tony-blair-812_railway_i-want-to-see-a-publicly-owned-railway-p_3091721.jpg) > [Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/yes-i-feel-i-ve-got-something-to-say-if-people-want-to-listen-that-s/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/tony-blair-812_choice_yes-i-feel-i-ve-got-something-to-say-if_829933.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) > [It's not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-s-not-that-tens-of-millions-of-people-all-want-to-be-violent-but/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/tony-blair-812_extremes_it-s-not-that-tens-of-millions-of-people_2534188.jpg) > [What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-we-want-to-see-is-the-development-of-human-rights-and-greater/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/tony-blair-812_best-way_what-we-want-to-see-is-the-development-o_713341.jpg) > [Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/any-parent-wants-the-best-for-their-children-i-am-not-going-to-make-a/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/tony-blair-812_bases_any-parent-wants-the-best-for-their-chil_834772.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) > [Any parent wants what is best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/any-parent-wants-what-is-best-for-their-children-i-am-not-going-to/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/tony-blair-812_bases_any-parent-wants-what-is-best-for-their_1261635.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) > [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-2/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/tony-blair-812_bases_the-blunt-truth-about-the-politics-of-cl_1155688.jpg) > [Because I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/because-i-happen-to-believe-that-the-best-policy-solutions-lie-in-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/tony-blair-812_agendas_because-i-happen-to-believe-that-the-bes_2209089.jpg) > [Well, we definitely need a strong and clear and assertive America. That's for sure. But you've always got to build alliances. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/well-we-definitely-need-a-strong-and-clear-and-assertive-america-that/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/tony-blair-812_able_well-we-definitely-need-a-strong-and-cle_245798.jpg) > [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/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/tony-blair-812_borrowing_if-we-want-to-contrast-what-we-have-done_1402033.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) > [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/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/tony-blair-812_bits_i-do-not-want-to-end-up-with-an-american_2767618.jpg) > [I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly: There is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-just-want-to-say-this-i-want-to-say-it-gently-but-i-want-to-say-it/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/tony-blair-812_america_i-just-want-to-say-this-i-want-to-say-it_364579.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "19 Want Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-recognition-that-what-we-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/tony-blair-812_europe_of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-re_571893.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/tony-blair-812_europe_of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-re_571893.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/tony-blair-812_europe_of-particular-importance-to-us-is-the-re_571893.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal…” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. 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