"The socialism of centralised state control of industry……" — Tony Blair
"The socialism of centralised state control of industry and production, is dead. It misunderstood the nature and development of a modern market economy. It failed to recognise that the state and public sector can become a vested interest capable of oppression as much as the vested interests of wealth and capital. it was based on a false view of class that became too rigid to explain or illuminate the nature of class division today."
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193 Quotes by Tony Blair
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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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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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