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
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.
rocks graduates truth-is
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.
progress complainers humans
Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
hate ideas humanity
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.
america battle world
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
media creative healthy
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.
band good-enough enough
I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
concern
Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.
choices surrender terrorist
I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.