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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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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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I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
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I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's often seen as sort of splitting the difference between right and left.
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How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of fanatics that go and join and kill for a group like ISIS are measured in tens of thousands, those that support the wider ideology, I'm afraid, you measure in tens of millions or more.
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Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this [the vote on the Iraq war] through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
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The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.
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What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.
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I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.
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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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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.
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You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.
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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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After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief there is anger there is fear but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity there is courage there is a surging of the human spirit.
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I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It's your choice.
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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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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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If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.
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