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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Particularly with the shock of knowing that those that have perpetrated this were actually born and brought up in this country, I think it is particularly important we recognize the worldwide dimension of this,
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We have to be vigilant and get out and get after them and make sure we deal with this issue,
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We have seen what the so-called new evidence is and we think we can answer every point,
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This was an absolutely fundamental charge, ... This was an allegation that we had behaved in a way which ... if true would have merited my resignation.
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When people look back on this time and look back on this conflict, I honestly believe they will see this as one of the defining moments of our century. And you did it,
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There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that what is happening in Iraq now is crucial for our own security, ... Never mind the security of Iraq or the greater Middle East. It is crucial for the security of the world.
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Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? ... Surely it's wrong ... surely you are going to have to back down.
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Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements in the security and the standards of living,
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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.