Tony Blair

I can only go one way. I’ve not got a reverse gear.

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

I didn’t come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

In Downing Street they called me ‘Boss’. Civil servants would always call me ‘Prime Minister’.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction – chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability – that threat is real.

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.

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn’t until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.

Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.

My guess is that you would find that the intellectual elite is the most heavily indoctrinated sector [of society], for good reasons. It’s their role as a secular priesthood to really believe the nonsense that they put forth. Other people can repeat it, but it’s not that crucial that they really believe it. But for the intellectual elite themselves, it’s crucial that they believe it because, after all, they are the guardians of the faith. Except for a very rare person who’s an outright liar, it’s hard to be a convincing exponent of the faith unless you’ve internalized it and come to believe it.

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean… Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

You could make a strong argument that all US military aid to Israel is in violation of US law. Take a look at the Leahy Amendment, which is US law. It says you can’t give any military aid to military units or organizations that are involved in systematic human rights’ abuses…

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

Israel and its US backers would no doubt prefer for the Palestinian leadership to be immobilized in endless negotiations, while the concrete work of colonization proceeds – the traditional Zionist practice for a century.

Democracy: The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this-who will count the votes, and how.

Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.

It’s better not to argue with women.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.