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" But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome. "

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Tony Blair

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Journey

Leader

" 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. "

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

" What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party. "

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

Tony Blair

Today

New

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

" My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. "

" 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. "

" In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. "

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

" My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. "

" The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for. "

" 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. "

" Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver. "

" The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. "

" I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. "

" People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in. "

" You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife. "

" Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. "

" I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in. "

" 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. "

" I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. "

Tony Blair

Country

I Am

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do. "

Tony Blair

Myself

Office

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

" 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. "

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