Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
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We are aware of the tape, we will consider it as part of our ongoing investigation,
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You are contaminated! You have shaken hands with a murderer!
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We have to make sure he (Milosevic) is withdrawing from a position where he is able to commit these atrocities, these acts of barbarism in Kosovo, and he should know very clearly that if he doesn't then serious action will follow.
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I would like to express our sympathy and condolences to the people of Nepal following the dreadful tragedy there in respect of the royal family,
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You don't ever take any option off the table.
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We were never going to be able at this G8 to resolve the disagreement over Kyoto, nor to renegotiate a set of targets for countries in place of the Kyoto Protocol,
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We hope that this move, along with other efforts being made at international level, will help bring about a reduction in oil prices in the very near future.
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We hope that diplomatic efforts will succeed in solving the crisis, but we are not ready to rule out any alternative in this period,
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It is dangerous because it is not rivalry, but partnership, we need -- a common will and a shared purpose in the face of a common threat.
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We need a comprehensive, ambitious agreement to cut barriers to trade in the three key areas: agriculture, non-agricultural market access, and services,
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We know the future that they have in mind for the people of Iraq and we reject it utterly, as do the overwhelming majority of the Iraqi people,
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We came to the point a few months ago, where as a result of the 'No' vote in the referendums, there was a sense that Europe was in paralysis.
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We are not talking about the free-for-all economics of the hard right, ... But we are not going to get the economy we need unless our labor force is adaptable, and the costs and burdens on industry are as low as possible.
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The accumulation of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq poses a threat, a threat not just to the region but to the wider world, and I think George Bush was absolutely right to raise it.