Tony Blair Quotes

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election.

There is good evidence that last year’s European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.

All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far more in taxes.

We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves, either through nuclear weapons or through environmental degradation, and we allow the life chances of hundreds of millions of people to be destroyed because we haven’t found the will to tackle it

I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is essential that we understand our country’s historical roots. If we can learn the lessons of the past, we will be able to avoid making mistakes in the future.

If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

There are those people who basically don’t like those who are different. Now, that is a prejudice and it’s a prejudice that’s dangerous because in the world today, the world works through connectivity. It works through going across the boundaries, but faith and culture and race in a nation.

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.

The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and cultures.

Be a doer and not a critic.

You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.