Tony Blair Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

  Tony Blair

  Mean, Giving, Office

• The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the drive, the determination, the refusal to accept that something can't be done if it needs to be into their philanthropy.

  Tony Blair

  Determination, Successful, Giving Money

  "Treasury reveals how little tax the super-rich pay" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2012.

• It's not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its extreme, gives rise to the violence. And in my view, this is why this is such a global problem.

  Tony Blair

  Views, People, Giving

  "Tony Blair Works To Define The Problem Of Islamist Extremism". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 25, 2016.

• Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.

  Tony Blair

  Art, Giving, May

  "Sober speech from a man still yearning for power" by Ros Taylor, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2007.

• For me, 9/11 was a game changer. It altered my perception of the security threat we faced. I took the position that Britain should be shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. It was a big decision; I didn't take it lightly, or in ignorance of its consequences. It's a big commitment for a country to give, but I believed it was the right thing to do.

  Tony Blair

  Country, Ignorance, Commitment

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Years, Iraq

  "Brzezinski and Mead on Tony Blair". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 20, 2003.

• What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Iraq, Mass Destruction

• Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.

  Tony Blair

  Country, Order, Giving

  "Britain rules out Heathrow closure". www.cnn.com. February 12, 2003.

• I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and to endorse him fully.

  Tony Blair

  Party, Giving, Support

  "Blair endorses Brown as new Labour Party leader". www.cnn.com. May 12, 2007.

• Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this [the vote on the Iraq war] through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'

  Tony Blair

  Couple, War, Struggle

  BBC Question Time's election special programme, April 28, 2005.

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin