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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So for those who sometimes say that the process in the Middle East is hopeless we say we can look at Northern Ireland and take some hope from that.
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She had a tremendous ability, as we saw over the land mines issue. to enter into an area that could have been one of controversy and suddenly just clarify for people what was clearly the right thing to do,
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Milosevic is responsible for the welfare of those people, ... When we go into Kosovo finally, he will be held responsible for what we find.
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Let no one be in doubt that the rules of the game are changing, ... If you come to our country from abroad, don't meddle in extremism.
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Let's just apologize and move on -- that's the sensible thing,
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China is a major priority for Britain. We've got to engage with China on a broad agenda -- because China's impact on our interests is large and growing.
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I have listened and I have learned, ... And I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.
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I can't exactly foresee the circumstances in which, you know, the American president can come in and be of help, ... But I was very grateful for the offer of that. And I think people in Northern Ireland will be as well.
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What is happening in Kosovo is entirely unacceptable and the only way of stopping it is if President Milosevic knows that if he continues with these policies of barbarism towards the ethnic community there he will get a punishment from the international community,
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What it warned of was this: it's very important that we don't replace one dictator, Saddam Hussein, with another. I totally agree with that.
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We cannot have the next president decided in the same way as the last, debating the narrow interests of one country or another. The top jobs, not just in the commission but throughout the European institutions, should go to the top people. Merit and merit alone should decide.
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We want to express our sympathy and our solidarity and give our prayers and thoughts to the people who are affected by what has happened out there on the Gulf coast,
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Together we can achieve our mutual goals of global stability, economic growth, and international development.
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This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland.