Tony Blair

I believe Mrs. Thatcher’s emphasis on enterprise was right.

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

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

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.

Historical amnesia is a dangerous phenomenon not only because it undermines moral and intellectual integrity but also because it lays the groundwork for crimes that still lie ahead.

The “We are America, bitch” posture appeals to chauvinistic instincts and the white supremacy that is a deeply rooted feature of American culture and is now exacerbated by concern that whites might even become a minority.I don’t incidentally suggest that the [media] deceit is conscious. Much more likely, it’s just the enormous power of conformity to convention, to what Gramsci called hegemonic “common sense.” Some ideas are not even rejected; they are unthinkable.

America will start winning again, winning like never before.

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.

[Marx’s] picture was, as I understand it, that when working people liberate themselves, and can make their own decisions, they will determine what kind of society it will be. He is not going to dictate it to them. I think that’s a pretty wise stand frankly.

[on Trump] The winning candidate, now the president-elect, calls for rapid increase in use of fossil fuels, including coal; dismantling of regulations; rejection of help to developing countries that are seeking to move to sustainable energy; and in general, racing to the cliff as fast as possible.

One who views Latin America today [1981] might well assume that Hitler had won the war, though in fact it is American liberalism that a bears a major responsibility for the plague of terror and torture regimes that often mimic the Nazis.

It’s alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.

[on Donald Trump] seems determined to add to the dangers [in the global situation] by recklessly escalating the confrontation with North Korea, unilaterally launching missile strikes on Syria, opposing President Obama’s nuclear arms deal with Iran and backing a new nuclear arms race.

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare.

Defending rights against the encroachments of the government saves the common liberties of the country.

I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 percent of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today’s vote on Brexit has no constitutional legitimacy.

Already under Obama, the nuclear modernization programs had reached the level where they were posing a literal first-strike threat to Russia. Trump is escalating it, even more modernization of extremely dangerous forces, also significantly lowering the threshold for nuclear war.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.