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
mean kids thinking
I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers at the end of the street, and your life's in misery, and you're afraid of your kids going out the door. I mean, the job of progressive politicians is to do something about that.
community conflict accepting
Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
downing-street boss owners
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
government challenges next
In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
people feelings
The thing always is to go to where people really are and what they're really feeling about life.
country today feels
I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
heart people noble
Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.
long world interdependence
I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
ideas abortion choices
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
inspirational people leader
Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.
war thinking government
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
party government principles
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 of government.
action danger greater
Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
thinking political important
I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left.