Tony Blair Quotes

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• The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
• Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
• Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law,…
• It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
• The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to…
• And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty.
• I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
• Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
• Be a doer and not a critic.
• Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.
• Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
• Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party…
• I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in…
• I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
• Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.
• However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
• I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
• The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.
• We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest…
• You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take…

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