Tony Blair quote: "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."

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My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong allian...
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My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faith...
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Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education and education.
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I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.
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By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. Bu...
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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
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The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets...
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that ...
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Mini...
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm mor...
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In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that m...
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Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, n...
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Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
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However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficu...
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by...
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In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next ...
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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a p...
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I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
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Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become d...
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A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our should...
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The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly: There is a tendency fo...
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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives w...
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There was no real disagreement as to subsistence, ... It was essential that the treaty be upheld in ...
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I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of governm...
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The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The...
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completely and totally unacceptable.
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of governm...
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desperate last throw of the dice.
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Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
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I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
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The results of these two days is to cement a new modern relationship between India and the United Ki...
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What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the count...
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When a terrible terrorist attack happens ... the response has got to be let's see it through, not le...
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Though there may be pockets of resistance, the idea that this is some kind of tactical retreat is ju...
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We have to make sure he (Milosevic) is withdrawing from a position where he is able to commit these ...
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But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confi...
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You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.
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The jolt that Tony Blair received 35,000ft above the Pacific Ocean was not normal turbulence.
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Climate change is, in my view, long term, the single biggest issue that we face,
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fundamental civil liberty of this country to protection from terrorism.
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For all the resentment of America, remember -- the basic values of America are our values too -- Bri...
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[Blair turned up the pressure at the recent G8 Summit held in Gleneagles, Scotland. Overshadowed by ...
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[She once said she wanted to be a sort of ambassador,] a queen of people's hearts, ... she earns a l...
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Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leadin...
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My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious...
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The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.
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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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He is a serial breaker of promises,
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I have just dealt with one myth, that this is about Christians versus Muslims -- it isn't -- nor is ...
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Vote Blair, get Brown.
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There will always be extremists who seek to disrupt a process such as the peace process in Northern ...
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I hope people in Northern Ireland turn away from those voices that are simply always going to say no...
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Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements...
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This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland.
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We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern ...
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She transformed the politics not just of Northern Ireland itself, but crucially of relations between...
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I say to you in all frankness, this is the only way forward for Northern Ireland, ... I ask all of y...
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We have made an important step in the transition from conflict to peace in Northern Ireland.
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The prime minister's view is that we need to look at all the options and everybody knows that is wha...
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thugs on the run.
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The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its e...
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Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require m...
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In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of...
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a moment of the utmost gravity.
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Everybody is concerned about what is happening, ... You should never be complacent about these thing...
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We have seen what the so-called new evidence is and we think we can answer every point,
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I think it should be given a reasonable burial,
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The IRA statement yesterday frankly defies any description. It was an extraordinary thing to say.
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military planning is well under way in NATO, with the full support of EU member states, in case dipl...
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I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has ve...
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What it warned of was this: it's very important that we don't replace one dictator, Saddam Hussein, ...
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fail...
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I believe that this meeting, its ambiance, its friendship, its sense of partnership has created thos...
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hold out the hand of partnership and friendship to a democratic Serbia and welcome her into the fami...
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targeted and measured response to the dramatic increase in attacks on coalition aircraft in January.
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Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? ... Surely it's wrong ... surely you ar...
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The case for ensuring Iraqi disarmament is overwhelming.
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I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.
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it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the U.N. inspec...
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I somehow feel we're not being entirely persuasive in certain quarters,
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We believe you can achieve much more through persuasion and by encouraging China to open up to the o...
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cement the new modern relationship between Britain and India.
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We are not going to deal with this problem, with the roots as deep as they are, until we confront th...
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Not a single shred of evidence was presented to his inquiry that would have justified an alternative...
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He has a great background and he knows what to do. He's new, refreshing and definitely isn't Tony Bl...
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vile and vicious sectarian murderers.
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We have to be vigilant and get out and get after them and make sure we deal with this issue,
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We can make it happen but it does require a real sense of goodwill and a real sense of urgency and, ...
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Without wealth creation and wealth generation, there cannot be a proper financing of the system of s...
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We want to express our sympathy and our solidarity and give our prayers and thoughts to the people w...
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and de...
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There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it o...
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Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this:...
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I don't know Le Pen, but I find his policies repellent,
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No responsible leader can turn their back on Africa
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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At that point we close the chapter or we close the book.
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One of the most respected people of our times. Sense of duty and service ... extraordinary grace and...
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Nine days of headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements. When you are in government you...
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September 11 is no less appalling today than it was then, on September 11. Our determination is no l...
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limited but solid achievement.
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Both China and the EU have a shared interest in a deeper and broader partnership on the range of glo...
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It should be possible at Hong Kong to set a deadline of 2010, ... There is an enormous amount at sta...
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This party will, ultimately, be judged on its ability to deliver on its promise.
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We are aware of the tape, we will consider it as part of our ongoing investigation,
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Princess Margaret had it. Before she was ill she did an enormous amount of public service, of charit...
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We hope that this move, along with other efforts being made at international level, will help bring ...
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I just want to tell you why I am so passionate about this bid,
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The whole of this country feels for the people of the Gulf Coast of America who have been afflicted ...
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Coming to Britain is not a right,
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He was a man of outstanding talent.
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The Iraqis have succeeded in drafting this constitution despite the action of terrorists who are try...
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We have given the parties some time to reflect. We will come back on Friday,
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We are two countries that have undergone a lot of change,
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially n...
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If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get m...
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We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of ...
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Once she [his wife] goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
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Education, education, education (well-known mantra)
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China is a major priority for Britain. We've got to engage with China on a broad agenda -- because C...
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He wasn't just a great musician and artist, but he did an immense amount for charity as well,
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It's particularly barbaric that this has happened
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Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread li...
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These sentiments are completely and totally unacceptable, ... I felt a real sense of revulsion at th...
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feature very greatly in my talks with President Clinton.
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not only disregards the millions of people in Iraq and Afghanistan , but he does not care about you ...
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we are absolutely at one on this: The answer to what is happening is to intensify the attacks.
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We hold absolutely to the 30th of June timetable,
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Our response to this should not be to run away and hide...but on the contrary--to hold firm,
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When people talk about the links between Iraq, Afghanistan or Palestine and what has happened, yes i...
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We discuss issues very frankly between us, whether it is to do with human rights or democracy. For e...
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His WMD program is active, detailed and growing. The policy of containment is not working,
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We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whet...
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I don't think we should have some arbitrary timetable ... You give it as long as it takes to come to...
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This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today
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It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ire...
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It is also perhaps fitting that here in Northern Ireland a good part of our discussions focused on t...
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a step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland.
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Some say that because of our concerns about Chechnya, we should keep some distance from Moscow,
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The state of Africa is a scar on the conscience of the world, but if the world as a community focuse...
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Whether they were hidden or removed or destroyed even, the plain fact is that he was in breach of Un...
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If Saddam Hussein is not prepared to disarm himself voluntarily, ... then we have no option but to d...
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I think the union has come out of this strengthened, not weakened,
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for obvious reasons, the mood now is different.
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The attacks bear all the hallmarks of bin Laden
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Religious values can be warped or perverted but when people are true to its real value religious fai...
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I think there is a proper sense of moral outrage at what Milosevic has done that we should not shy a...
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I accept there is an issue which we have to confront.
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Particularly with the shock of knowing that those that have perpetrated this were actually born and ...
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The idea will be to have a broad-based government and then next year, to move to a new constitution,...
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I find it really odd that we're having to make the case that this is an issue when virtually every w...
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a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly...
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I hope that in the next few days we demonstrate as a world our complete solidarity in this fight whi...
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The president set out very clearly a way forward on the Middle East process. There is a renewed sens...
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In the last week, we have learned that since the 7th of July two further terrorist plots have been p...
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September 11 did not create the threat Saddam posed. But it altered crucially the balance of risk as...
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I don't agree with that.
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This is too much like hard work.
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I have to say that I, for the reasons the police have given, have found their (the police's) request...
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I endorse entirely his (Chirac's) congratulation ... It is well deserved and very important, and sho...
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There is a reason why Iran and Syria do their best to destabilize the situation in Iraq because they...
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Blair's blackest day
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Both conversations covered the range of issues following from Saddam Hussein's continued violation o...
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I think opinion does believe that Saddam's a bad man, that he's a threat, but I think the question t...
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It's perfectly possible to get an agreement, but the goodwill's got to exist in the locality, and th...
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The declaration also outlines specific areas of U.K.-French military cooperation such as shared use ...
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He has steered his country through a most difficult and painful transition ... We now look forward t...
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So, that's what's important, whether it's with Gerry Adams or with the Loyalist people I met, or wit...
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We have a confidence-building measure of very great significance, and we have a decommissioning proc...
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Successive British governments have sought final and complete decommissioning by the IRA for over 10...
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This is going to be discussed and decided upon by the UN Security Council. That is a very important ...
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Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards... let that money provide t...
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We've got a court case about the application ... and it wouldn't be appropriate or right for me to m...
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We have today set up the framework beginning with the recall of assembly on 15th May and running up ...
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I obviously need to get to the gym.
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The circumstances of our national security have now self-evidently changed,
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The strategic partnership between China and the EU is of immense importance, not just in terms of tr...
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We are keen to encourage this,
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The way to stop the innocent dying is not to retreat, to withdraw, to hand these (Iraqi) people over...
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Robin was an outstanding, extraordinary talent - brilliant, incisive in debate, of incredible skill ...
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Though we disagreed over Iraq, I always respected the way in which he put his case,
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Yet behind that extraordinary front presented to the world was one of the shrewdest political minds ...
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I remember the early meetings leading up to the Good Friday Agreement and the slightly bemused aston...
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I am not asking anyone to surrender. I am asking everyone to declare the victory of peace.
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As I said to the President yesterday, this country will stand ready to help in any way that we can,
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parli...
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The thing that people understand about the royal family is the sense of service that they have,
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This is not in any way whatsoever aimed at the decent, law-abiding Muslim community of Britain,
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We are angry. We are angry about extremism and about what they are doing to our country, angry about...
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rules of the game are changing.
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Not one inch should we give to these people ... We shouldn't even allow them a vestige of an excuse ...
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Such action in the past has been controversial, ... Each tightening of the law has met fierce opposi...
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extend the hand of friendship.
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whatever disagreements there have been about the wisdom of our action in Iraq.
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All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a dece...
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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.

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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.

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