633 Quotes by Tony Blair

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in and how many want out.

I couldn’t live with myself if I thought that these big strategic choices for my generation were there, and I wasn’t even making them – or I was making them according to what was expedient rather than what I actually thought was right.

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election.

I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is essential that we understand our country’s historical roots. If we can learn the lessons of the past, we will be able to avoid making mistakes in the future.

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

I’m not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is. Europe isn’t owned by any of them, Europe is owned by all of us.

My teachers used to call me a failure.

Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.

It’s not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its extreme, gives rise to the violence. And in my view, this is why this is such a global problem.