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
europe want recognition
Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.
betrayal fall propaganda
We fall for... the theories of betrayal very easily, and one of the things that's always depressed me about the left, ever since I started in politics, is their ability to imbibe the propaganda of the right and regurgitate it to the left.
views europe prepared
I'm not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is. Europe isn't owned by any of them, Europe is owned by all of us.
technology medicine people
Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: 'Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.'
way gears reverse
I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
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.