Quotes by Tony Blair

“A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do.”

For most normal people, politics is a distant, occasionally irritating fog.

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that.

Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain Britain. So conform to it, or dont come here.

The threat today is not that of the 1930s. Its not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.

Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I dont know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I didnt come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

I happen to think its the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if its just a matter of conning the public. Actually, its a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, its an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

I learnt a lot in government, and Ive 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.

Education is the best economic policy there is.