The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression. Tony Blair More Quotes by Tony Blair More Quotes From Tony Blair Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay. Tony Blair sovereignty mps way It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money. Tony Blair beckham burning ambition The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us. Tony Blair pieces nwo order The trouble is nowadays that parts of the media operate in a very partisan way. There's no point in complaining about it, that's the way it is. But let's be clear, a lot of it is driven by the views of a pretty small number of people, rather than a normal standard of journalism. Tony Blair media views numbers Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do. Tony Blair parent choices children We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves, either through nuclear weapons or through environmental degradation, and we allow the life chances of hundreds of millions of people to be destroyed because we haven't found the will to tackle it Tony Blair future vision people There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with foresight and will such action can be taken without disturbing the essence of our way of life, by adjusting behaviour not altering it entirely. Tony Blair taken essence doubt We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver. Tony Blair iraq events promise There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing. Tony Blair support-systems government skills I still think the world is better off and safer without Saddam Hussein. Tony Blair hussein world thinking Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister Tony Blair hate real people Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence. Tony Blair hatred taken home Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit and anywhere, any time, 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 spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defence and our first line of attack. Tony Blair western-values gun law When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time. Tony Blair prime wonder people If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive. Tony Blair responsible forgiving suffering Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war. Tony Blair chance sometimes war When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place. Tony Blair europe-and-america together world There are two outstanding issues in democratic politics these days. One is the relationship with the media, which is now 24/7, and operates with a completely different intensity than even 15 or 20 years ago. How do we have a proper conversation between leaders and country when it's moderated sometimes in a very partisan and inflammatory way? And the second thing is the effectiveness of our democracy. How do we get the right gene and talent pool in politics? Tony Blair media country years I see the Koran very much as an outsider. It stands in the great prophetic tradition of trying to return people to the basic principles of spirituality. Taken for its time, it was an extraordinarily progressive declaration of principle. It is also extraordinary for a Christian to read: for example, there are more references to Mary than in the Gospels. The tragedy is that it has been so warped and misapplied. Tony Blair taken christian people Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive. But if our critics are wrong and we do not act, then we will have hesitated in face of this menace, when we should have given leadership. That is something history will not forgive. Tony Blair wmd forgiving should-have
