Tony blair

And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

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...

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...

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000.

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

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.

The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.