Tony Blair Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.”

“When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.”

“Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.”

“But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.”

“Look, I am very competitive.”

“Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.”

“There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000.”

“I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.”

“In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.”

“The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.”