"I learnt a lot in government, and I've……" — Tony Blair
"I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular."
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193 Quotes by Tony Blair
Tony Blair has 193 quotes on this site.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
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Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not…
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
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The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out…
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And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea.…
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I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
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Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
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Be a doer and not a critic.
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to…
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Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will…
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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
— Charles Babbage
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My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must…
— Michelle Bachelet
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
— Douglas Adams
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
— Douglas Adams
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
— Joseph Addison
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
— Joseph Addison
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
— Aphra Behn
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance.…
— Leonard Boswell
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