Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both. Tony Blair More Quotes by Tony Blair More Quotes From Tony Blair I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left. Tony Blair political important thinking The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories. Tony Blair iraq groups long I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes. Tony Blair mass-destruction iraq doubt I don't concede it at all that the intelligence at the time was wrong. Tony Blair iraq They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed. Tony Blair could-have-been has-beens iraq Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe. Tony Blair judgment believe facts She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever. Tony Blair princess heart memories What I'm really more interested in doing - because I think, in a way that's kind of obvious - and you can see, look into Austria - you've got a far-right candidate who may become the president because he's in a close-run race. Tony Blair race running thinking The full horror of what has happened in the United States earlier today is now becoming clearer. It is hard even to contemplate the utter carnage and terror which has engulfed so many innocent people. We've offered President Bush and the American people our solidarity, our profound sympathy, and our prayers. But it is plain that citizens of many countries round the world, including Britain, will have been caught up in this terror. Tony Blair prayer profound country Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians. Tony Blair cutting taken military As for those that carried out these attacks there are no adequate words of condemnation. Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity. Tony Blair adequate shame september-11 The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims feel as if they're under threat in some way or that their legitimacy, as members or citizens of society, is brought into question. Tony Blair abiding law people Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this: nothing could ever justify the events of September 11 and it is to turn justice on its head to pretend it could Tony Blair september-11 justice trying There have been the most terrible, shocking events taking place in the United States of America within the last hour or so... I am afraid we can only imagine the terror and the carnage there and the many, many innocent people who will have lost their lives... It is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life and we, the democracies of this world, are going to have to come together to fight it together and eradicate this evil completely from our world. Tony Blair our-world couple fighting Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit. Tony Blair mass-destruction wmd people All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far more in taxes. Tony Blair migrants example europe Enough of talking: It is time now to do. Tony Blair enough action talking The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions. Tony Blair iraq views war ...we must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research Tony Blair support research animal Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon Tony Blair agriculture wit environment
