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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.
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If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.
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I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left.
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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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Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.
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Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life
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One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.
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I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.
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I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
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The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.
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Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.
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Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.
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We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as the months have passed, it seems increasingly clear that at the time of invasion, Saddam did not have stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons ready to deploy.
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The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.
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I think, there is a possibility - I would say it's more than that - that we will come to a view of foreign policy going forward that learns from the past but doesn't get captured by it.
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The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism.
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I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.
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That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.
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The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.
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