Tony Blair

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. ↗

— Tony Blair

#boss #call #called #civil #civil servants

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

#any #conducted #easy #least #life

Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. ↗

— Tony Blair

#causes #crime #labour #law #order

Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver. ↗

— Tony Blair

#end #in the end #lead #leaders #people

Look, I am very competitive. ↗

— Tony Blair

#competitive #i #i am #look #very

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

#because #bought #dad #especially #family

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. ↗

— Tony Blair

#goes #her #his #minor #nuclear

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion. ↗

— Tony Blair

#danger #disorder #like #new #new world

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in. ↗

— Tony Blair

#i #i believe #i believe in #know #labour

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

#futile #government #i #lead #party