I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands. Tony blair
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 Tony blair
I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides. Tony blair
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. Tony blair
If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life. Tony blair
Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. Tony blair
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. Tony blair
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. Tony blair
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. Tony blair
Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion. Tony blair
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. Tony blair
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. Tony blair
My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. Tony blair
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. Tony blair
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. Tony blair