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Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.

Tony Blair

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Politician
Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
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Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we grow sustainably, at some point we face catastrophe
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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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