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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What we can do is try and devise the right architecture for the financial systems of the world which leads to greater stability, more openness and more transparency,
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what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world.
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We hope we can get the rest of the transport system back up and running again as soon as possible.
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We hold absolutely to the 30th of June timetable,
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Whether they were hidden or removed or destroyed even, the plain fact is that he was in breach of United Nations resolutions,
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We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland,