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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
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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
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.
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It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.
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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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All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland
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Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.
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I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It's your choice.
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Politics may be the art of the possible but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.
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