It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
Quote by Tony Blair
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
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Tony Blair Quotes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.
- The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
- 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.
- In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
- In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
- The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
- The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Best Quotes
- Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
- Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
- Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
- I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.
- My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.
- I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
- To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
- Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
- I would love to play 'Funny Girl' or 'Evita,' but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don't know if there needs to be another version of those shows.
- We heed no instincts but our own.