A biography for Tony Blairhasn’t been written yet.
“Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.”
“Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.”
“But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.”
“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.”
“Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.”
“Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.”
“Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.”
“In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.”
“I mean, I went to a church school when I was younger and imbibed a certain amount of religion then but it was really in university that I got interested in religion and politics at the same time. I don't think as if it were one moment of conversion but my spiritual journey really began then.”
“I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.”
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”
“In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.”
“My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.”
“However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.”
“For most normal people, politics is a distant, occasionally irritating fog.”
“In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.”
“Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.”
“My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.”
“Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.”
“I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.”