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title: "35 Way Quotes By Tony Blair"
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> [I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-don-t-think-there-is-a-way-politically-to-beat-insurgent-movement/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [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/)

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> [I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-can-only-go-one-way-i-ve-not-got-a-reverse-gear/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/sovereignty-rests-with-me-as-an-english-mp-and-that-s-the-way-it-will/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/our-task-is-not-to-fight-old-battles-but-to-show-that-there-is-a/)

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> [I think it is having answers and not simply anger, and providing solutions that people believe will change their lives in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-is-having-answers-and-not-simply-anger-and-providing/)

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> [Our determination to defend our values and way of life is greater than their (terrorists) determination to cause death and destruction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/our-determination-to-defend-our-values-and-way-of-life-is-greater/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-is-no-way-you-re-going-to-have-an-event-like-9-11-and-expect/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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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…](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/)

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> [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/)

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> [All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/all-the-way-through-we-have-been-willing-to-take-risks-provided-at/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-are-going-to-carry-on-growing-and-we-will-because-no-country-is/)

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> [Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/ever-so-often-in-the-history-of-human-endeavour-there-comes-a/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-actually-did-trouble-to-read-marx-first-hand-i-found-it/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [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/)

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> [My course has never been about triangulation, and neither, really, is Bill Clinton's. It's not - it's about applying your values to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-course-has-never-been-about-triangulation-and-neither-really-is/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-moment-you-stigmatize-a-whole-group-of-people-for-example-muslims/)

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> [There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-is-no-doubt-that-the-time-to-act-is-now-it-is-now-that-timely/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-we-take-all-this-actions-and-if-it-turns-out-not-be-true-we-have/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/there-are-two-outstanding-issues-in-democratic-politics-these-days/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Sometimes people say to me, 'Well, what was the difference between Kosovo, which was a successful intervention, and Iraq and Afghanistan that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/sometimes-people-say-to-me-well-what-was-the-difference-between/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-blunt-truth-about-the-politics-of-climate-change-is-that-no/)

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> [We need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-need-to-develop-the-new-green-industrial-revolution-that-develops/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-blunt-truth-about-the-politics-of-climate-change-is-that-no-2/)

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> [What I'm really more interested in doing - because I think, in a way that's kind of obvious - and you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-i-m-really-more-interested-in-doing-because-i-think-in-a-way/)

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> [If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-people-in-the-end-think-that-you-can-t-do-something-in-a-way-which/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-mean-you-can-agree-or-disagree-with-iraq-or-afghanistan-but-by-the/)

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> [The trouble is nowadays that parts of the media operate in a very partisan way. There's no point in complaining about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-trouble-is-nowadays-that-parts-of-the-media-operate-in-a-very/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/september-11-was-and-remains-above-all-an-immense-human-tragedy-but/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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