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
future political-will issues
We know the problems.... and we know the solution; sustainable development. The issue is the political will
winning election helping
I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election
phones ministers prime
So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister.
responsibility journey thinking
I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
special world earth
The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.
religious numbers racism
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
winning victory matter
The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.
tolerance britain conform
Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain Britain. So conform to it, or don't come here.
people different things-change
One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization?
thinking long-ago people
I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead and to decide. I was now studying the third: how to take the calculated risk. I was going to alienate some people, like it or not. The moment you decide, you divide.
law people choices
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
lying isis numbers
How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of fanatics that go and join and kill for a group like ISIS are measured in tens of thousands, those that support the wider ideology, I'm afraid, you measure in tens of millions or more.
thinking people different
People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.
teacher used call-me
My teachers used to call me a failure