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What I will say to people is what you require are rules and not prejudices.

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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Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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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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What I don't know is whether there is a way politically that you can beat away these, some of these populist movements because in the end I don't think they really do provide answers. They ride the anger. But they don't really have the answers. Or whether this is an experiment we're just going to have to go through first.
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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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I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.
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Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.
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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 actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered.
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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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