I would die for my country . . . but I would not let my country die for me.

I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day.

I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

Mr Blair made the decision before the election that it would be his last as leader,

I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.