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
opportunity years two
If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet will become as commonplace in the office as the telephone.
inspiring leadership winning
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
way-to-live betrayed generations
If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that.
cancer science disease
Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new era. ... today's announcement is such a breakthrough, a breakthrough that opens the way for massive advancement in the treatment of cancer and hereditary diseases. And that is only the beginning.
people public-service persons
But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.
thinking social-media revolutionary
I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.
country simple looks
A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.
country growth growing
If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.
iraq weapons chemicals
We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.
believe problem not-sure
One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways.
hatred terrorism reprisal
Terrorism brings the reprisal; the reprisal brings the additional hatred; the additional hatred breeds the additional terrorism, and so on.
doers critics
Be a doer and not a critic.
successful fighting battle
Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together an open competitive society and successful economy with a just and decent society.
mind important curious
One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.