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" Be a doer and not a critic. "
Tony Blair
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" I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular. "
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" In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. "
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" And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty. "
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" Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. "
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" I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country. "
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" It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. "
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" But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential. "
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" The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. "
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Spread
Best
" You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough. "
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You
Mean
" 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. "
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Evil
World
" Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. "
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Feel
Music
Rock
" I mean, I went to a church school when I was younger and imbibed a certain amount of religion then but it was really in university that I got interested in religion and politics at the same time. I don't think as if it were one moment of conversion but my spiritual journey really began then. "
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Journey
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" So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister. "
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Phone
Day
Got
" Choice dependent on wealth; those are the Tory words. "
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Words
Dependent
" If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life. "
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" This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. "
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" 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. "
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" I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. "
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" Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. "
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Conflict
" By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together. "
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" But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. "
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" In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. "
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" Education is the best economic policy there is. "
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