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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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.
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Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
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And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty.
You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
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You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.
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I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
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Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.
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I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.
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I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
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As the world transforms, moves closer together, jobs are displaced, and the world of work completely changes the way we live, the way we think. As that revolution goes on around us, it is going to pose political challenges of which immigration is one very obvious one, which are going to be extremely difficult to deal with. But it's like free trade. You know, in the end, if we go protectionist, we'll make a mistake.
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In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.
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If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.