Education is the best economic policy there is.
Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain Britain. So conform to it, or don't come here.
I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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.
The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
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.
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 m...
Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading scie...
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a...
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
I mean, I went to a church school when I was younger and imbibed a certain amount of religion then but it was really in university that I got interested in religion and politics at the same time. I do...
Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.
I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It's your choice.
But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold wa...