Tony Blair Quotes & Sayings

“Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.”

“The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.”

“However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.”

“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.”

“You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.”

“Education is the best economic policy there is.”

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

“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.”

“Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.”

“I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.”