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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It remains the case that on any objective analysis the prospects for a settlement are good, and we have to work towards that with renewed vigor and determination. Democracy must defeat evil.
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I totally understand the concerns that people have, the worries that they have about precipitate military action. But the United Nations has taken a very clear position on this... We are going down the U.N. route but the U.N. route has to be the way of dealing with it, not avoiding it.
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(It) puts the relation between the European Union and India on a new and higher and more intense level
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It's obviously early to say this but from what we have gathered they have been successful, ... And I'm pleased to say there have been no casualties at all on the NATO side not just in respect to British forces but NATO forces as a whole and that's obviously good news.
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This is to make sure that as soon as we identify the disease we're immediately slaughtering the animals and taking the actions necessary in the surrounding areas,
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They've been absolutely excellent and very productive as I hoped and expected ... we discussed a whole range of issues, ... I think we've been through all the issues that you would expect, plus some more. And I've found it a very, very useful meeting, indeed.
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a man of rare vision, integrity and courage, whose leadership over nearly 50 years did so much for Jordan, its people and the region.
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There are bound to be disagreements over trade, partly because of the very strength of China's economic performance.
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We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whether it will be possible in the future to bring people back into consensus together. Can we do that? I don't know, but it's important that we at least begin a process of dialogue that allows us to make progress on this.
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There is no question here of a deal or trade-off. We are working very hard with the Romanian government to stop illegal immigration and to get to a point where visas are no longer necessary,
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There is no point in speculating what happens down the line if you reach an impasse. But there is a lot of processes that have to be gone through before you are at that point, not least the Security Council.
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We've got a strong personal relationship that is most helpful to making sure our countries continue the tie that binds.
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We want to resolve the issue of North Korea and its nuclear weapons program and the export of nuclear technology by peaceful and constructive dialogue,
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We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland,