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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an important staging post on the journey of the people of Iraq toward a new future, one in which democracy replaces dictatorship, in which freedom replaces repression, and in which all the people of Iraq can look forward to the possibility and the hope of an Iraq that genuinely guarantees a future for people from whatever part of Iraq they come.
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agree with the direction in which we take this country but they want us to get on with the journey and live up to the expectations invested in us.
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.
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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.
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We will never have a better chance (of peace) this generation, of that I have absolutely no doubt,
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We in Europe have a real opportunity to show that...we are not fair-weather friends, who turn away at the first sign of difficulty.
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We are two countries that have undergone a lot of change,
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These sentiments are completely and totally unacceptable, ... I felt a real sense of revulsion at those remarks.
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The standard of living and prosperity of the Iraqi people would be infinitely greater were Saddam not there,
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The strategy and timing are proceeding according to plan,
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The timescale (for withdrawal) is when the job is done,
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I stand 100 percent by it and I think our intelligence services gave us the correct intelligence and information at the time.
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I somehow feel we're not being entirely persuasive in certain quarters,
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is going to have a huge impact on the future economy of Europe and therefore the future of the people of Europe.