Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, known as Tony Blair, is the outgoing
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in
North East England.
Quotations
Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.
ibid.
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Mail on Sunday, 2 October 1994.
I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
Michael White, "Blair wants 'to make UK young again'", Guardian, 4 October 1995., Speech to the Labour Party conference, 3 October 1995.
I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.
Paul Routledge, "Why the unions aren't rocking Blair's boat", Independent on Sunday, 8 October 1995., Speech to the Labour Party conference, 3 October 1995.
Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.
Speech to the Labour conference in
Blackpool, 2 October 2002. Perhaps echoes an old latin proverb, Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, be prepared for war).
Encyclopedia
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, known as
Tony Blair, is the outgoing
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in
North East England.
