Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
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I think the union has come out of this strengthened, not weakened,
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I hope people in Northern Ireland turn away from those voices that are simply always going to say no,
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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.
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I applaud the Indonesian government's determination to defeat the terrorists and I offer our full support to the people of Bali as they recover from another atrocity so soon after the 2002 attack,
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At that point we close the chapter or we close the book.
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Our intention is that they will be made public,
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I remember the early meetings leading up to the Good Friday Agreement and the slightly bemused astonishment of all and sundry as, by a mixture of determination, charm and sheer life force, she bowled everyone over,
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One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.
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targeted and measured response to the dramatic increase in attacks on coalition aircraft in January.
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We fall for... the theories of betrayal very easily, and one of the things that's always depressed me about the left, ever since I started in politics, is their ability to imbibe the propaganda of the right and regurgitate it to the left.
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On the question of Iraq, I think the differences at the time of the conflict were well known,
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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.
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The Iraqis have succeeded in drafting this constitution despite the action of terrorists who are trying to destroy the country's desire for a peaceful future,
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Libya has stated that weapons of mass destruction are not the answer for Libya's defense, ... Libya's actions entitle it to rejoin the international community.