“I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving gove...” — Tony Blair Quote

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

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

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.

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.

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control.

True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.