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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It is clear that the diplomatic solution alone will not work, ... We have to send the strongest possible message to Milosevic that we will not tolerate any more of these atrocities.
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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,
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I totally understand the concerns that people have, the worries that they have about precipitate military action. But the United Nations has taken a very clear position on this... We are going down the U.N. route but the U.N. route has to be the way of dealing with it, not avoiding it.
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a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly a series of specific measures we will take -- both European and national.
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It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ireland have got to have given up violence for good,
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I have listened and I have learned, ... And I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.
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I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.
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But it makes no difference to the fact that our bombing campaign goes on until our demands are met. The NATO demands are clear, and they must be met and met in full,
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Our fault has not been impatience, the truth is, our patience should have been exhausted weeks and months and even years ago,
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His strong moral leadership and commitment to social justice were renowned,
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I accept there is an issue which we have to confront.
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The idea that we did not have a plan for afterwards is simply not correct. We did, and we have unfolded that plan, but there are people in Iraq who are determined to stop us.
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He has impressed people around the world ... with his desire to make progress and to make progress as swiftly as is possible.
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(It) puts the relation between the European Union and India on a new and higher and more intense level