Tony Blair Quotes - Page 2

No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust....Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place.

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.

As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

The problem with the old ideology was that it suppressed the individual by starting with society. But it is from a sense of individual duty that we connect the greater good and the interests of the community

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.

The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but not make a policy. And, you know, when you are dealing with issues that are as important and serious as this, I understand why people search for simple solutions.

So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister.

Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.

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.

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.