633 Quotes by Tony Blair

She had a tremendous ability, as we saw over the land mines issue. to enter into an area that could have been one of controversy and suddenly just clarify for people what was clearly the right thing to do,

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland

both because of the sheer magnitude of what has happened, and its implications, and also because this was an attack not just on a number of buildings in the United States of America, but on the very notion of democracy.

Sometimes people say to me, 'Well, what was the difference between Kosovo, which was a successful intervention, and Iraq and Afghanistan that have been so difficult?' And the answer is perfectly simple. In Kosovo, you have, after the removal of the loss of its regime, you had a process of political and economic reconstruction that took its part without the intervention of terrorism. If you had the intervention of terrorism, by the way, it would have been extremely difficult there - but we didn't...

I think most people who have dealt with me, think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

Milosevic is responsible for the welfare of those people, ... When we go into Kosovo finally, he will be held responsible for what we find.

There will be no peace in our world without an understanding of the place of religion within it.

Boris Yeltsin has played a crucial role in the history of Russia.

If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.