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Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May, 1953) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. He was an employment law barrister before being elected to Parliament as Labour Party MP for the constituency of Sedgefield in 1983.
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I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.
Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.
In this day and age if you've got the technology then it's vital to use that technology to track people down. The number on the database should be the maximum number you can get.
The fear of missing out means today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.
Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.
Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.
She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.
A new dawn has broken, has it not?
Lead me into war...you know I believe in you.
This is a moment to seize. The Kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.
He wants a Bill of Rights for Britain drafted by a Committee of Lawyers. Have you ever tried drafting anything with a Committee of Lawyers?
A day like today is not a day for, sort of, soundbites, really - we can leave those at home - but I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders, I really do.
I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.
Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.
We are asked now seriously to accept that in the last few years–contrary to all history, contrary to all intelligence–Saddam decided unilaterally to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.
There is not a problem with Islam. For those of us who have studied it, there is no doubt about its true and peaceful nature.
To state a timetable now would simply paralyze the proper working of government, put at risk the changes we are making for Britain and damage the country.
For the moment, let me say this: Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed to develop these weapons, a threat to us also.
I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.
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