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" I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides. "

Tony Blair

Responsibility

Journey

Leader

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" In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. "

" I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice. "

" 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 would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: 'Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.' "

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

" 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. "

" Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. "

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

" In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. "

" 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. "

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

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Country

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" Be a doer and not a critic. "

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Critic

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" Choice dependent on wealth; those are the Tory words. "

" It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. "

" Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will. "

" I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands. "