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
responsibility thinking work-out
I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center right can cooperate and work together. Who don't like this sort of insurgent populism because we think it's not really going to deliver for the people, I think there's a big responsibility on us in the center to get our act together. And to work out radical but serious solutions to the problems people face.
business responsibility recognition
The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society
selfish responsibility today
The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually, to help each other on the basis of each other's equal worth. A selfish society is a contradiction in terms.
responsibility opportunity together
Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.
responsibility journey thinking
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.
absolutely chance
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.
countries undergone
We are two countries that have undergone a lot of change,
felt sentiments totally
These sentiments are completely and totally unacceptable, ... I felt a real sense of revulsion at those remarks.
greater infinitely iraqi living people prosperity saddam standard
The standard of living and prosperity of the Iraqi people would be infinitely greater were Saddam not there,
according strategy timing
The strategy and timing are proceeding according to plan,
job
The timescale (for withdrawal) is when the job is done,
correct gave information intelligence percent services stand
I stand 100 percent by it and I think our intelligence services gave us the correct intelligence and information at the time.
certain entirely persuasive somehow
I somehow feel we're not being entirely persuasive in certain quarters,