However much you may dance around the ring, at some point
you'll come within the reach of a big clunking fist. You will
be out on your feet, carried out of the ring.
Tony Blair
Branding his Conservative rival David Cameron
a lightweight, November 2006. |
Life isn't normal if 12-year-olds are out every night drinking.
In these cases a bit of nannying is what the local community
needs.
Tony Blair
Defending his plans for so-called government
supernannies, November 2006. |
It has.
Tony Blair
Asked if West's military intervention in
Iraq had "been a disaster," in Al Jazeera TV interview
November 2006. |
We must commit ourselves to a complete renaissance of our
strategy to defeat those that threaten us.
Tony Blair
Acknowledging it is necessary to rethink
the war on terror, August 2006. |
We have done exactly what it said on the tin.
Tony Blair
On allegations that he has betrayed Labour's
traditional values, August 2006. |
This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about
civilisation.
Tony Blair
On confronting global terrorism, Foreign
Policy speech at Reuters Headquarters, London, on March 21 2006. |
To me, the most remarkable thing about the Koran is how progressive
it is. … It is inclusive. It extols science and knowledge
and abhors superstition. It is practical and far ahead of its
time in attitudes toward marriage, women, and governance.
Tony Blair
Foreign Policy speech at Reuters Headquarters,
London, on March 21 2006. |
I think if you have faith about these things then you realize
that judgment is made by other people … If you believe
in God, it's made by God as well. The only way you can make
a decision like that is to try to do the right things, according
to your conscience and, for the rest of it, you leave it to
the judgment that history will make.
Tony Blair
Saying he will be judged by God and history
on the war in Iraq, TV interview with Michael Parkinson March
2006. |
I've never actually totted up the hours I do in any week.
It's probably not lawful under some directive or other.
Tony Blair
In video posted on Downing Street website,
January 2006. |
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than
to win and do the wrong thing.
Tony Blair
On likely defeat in Parliament of additional
powers to detain terror suspects without charge, House of Commons
November 9 2005. |
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