Quote by Tony Blair
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. – Tony Blair

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

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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 family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasnt especially religious. – Tony Blair

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Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny democracy, not dictatorship the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. – Tony Blair

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Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. – H. L. Mencken

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. – H. L. Mencken

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In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government. – Lucy Powell

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In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it. – Lech Walesa

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Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. – Iain Banks

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Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. – Napoleon Hill

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