Quote

It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.

Tony Blair

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Lawyer
Politician
Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Ends
Infallible
Believe
Correct
Think
Explanation
Thinking
Absurd
Iraq
Intelligence
Respect
Asks

More quotes by Tony Blair

Image
We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a path out of Europe.
Tony Blair
Image
We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not...
Tony Blair
Image
Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race.
Tony Blair
Image
Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.
Tony Blair
Image
...we must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research
Tony Blair
Image
I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.
Tony Blair
Image
One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.
Tony Blair
Image
I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.
Tony Blair
Image
The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.
Tony Blair
Image
I don't concede it at all that the intelligence at the time was wrong.
Tony Blair
Image
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
Tony Blair
Image
I think we've, again, got to be extremely careful otherwise we'll misunderstand what's going on in Iraq and in Syria today. Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.
Tony Blair
Image
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.
Tony Blair
Image
I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.
Tony Blair
Image
You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.
Tony Blair
Image
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.
Tony Blair
Image
Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.
Tony Blair
Image
The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism.
Tony Blair
Image
Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.
Tony Blair
Image
The fear of missing out means that today’s media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
Tony Blair