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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition before becoming Prime Minister. Blair remains the last British Labour Party leader to have won a general election.

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I have never pretended to be a great House of Commons man, but I pay the House the greatest compliment I can by saying that, from first to last, I never stopped fearing it.

Men, House, Pay, Greatest, Fearing

Because I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does the center revitalize itself? How does it develop the policy agenda for the future? And how do we link up people who have the same basic ideas and attachments to the same basic values across the world?

Attachment, Attachments, Believe, Develop, Lying, World

Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed to develop these weapons, a threat to us also.

Hussein, Mass Destruction, People, Region, Saddam, Threat

I think we've, again, got to be extremely careful; otherwise we'll misunderstand what's going on in Iraq and in Syria today. Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.

Course, Iraq, Misunderstand, Responsibility, Say, Thinking

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

Art, Leadership, Motivational, Yes

There has to be certainty and there has to be clarity. There can't be ambiguity,. . This has to be certain, clear in all respects from all the parties so nobody is in any doubt about what the future holds.

Ambiguity, Clarity, Clear, Doubt, Party, Respects

The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.

Iraq, Power, Prison, Saddam, World

My teachers used to call me a failure

Call, Call Me, Teacher, Teachers, Used

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust. . . . Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place.

Bust, Decades, Government, Management, Swings, Under

There are solutions that are proper, but they require the painstaking and difficult work of building alliances and also being prepared to analyze the problem realistically. And exactly the same thing is going on my side of the Atlantic as is going on your side of the Atlantic.

Alliances, Difficult, Difficult Work, Same, Side, Your Side

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.

Journey, Please, Responsibility, Thinking, Wanting

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

Action, Danger, Dangers, Greater, Inaction

You don't have to keep looking at the future foreign policy in terms, simply, of the past.

Foreign, Foreign Policy, Future, Past, Policy, Term

NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.

Important, Nato, Play, Role, Roles, Vital

I think, there is a possibility - I would say it's more than that - that we will come to a view of foreign policy going forward that learns from the past but doesn't get captured by it.

Captured, Come, Forward, Past, Thinking, Views

The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.

Battle, Capitalism, Conservatism, Progress, Socialism

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.

Clinton, Decent, Hillary, Think, Thinking

I am a pretty straight sort of guy.

Guy, Pretty, Sort, Straight

Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree

Degree, Degrees, Downing, Global Warming, Personally, Turned Down

King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.

Arabia, Kings, Led, Men, Period, Vision

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