Tony Blair Quotes

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists.

We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India.

We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now. We've got our blood and treasure at stake there already.

I'm going to spend a lot of time trying to explain as best I can why it's important for us to succeed in Iraq. I'm going to do what I think is right, and if, you know, if people don't like me for it, that's just the way it is.

I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.

Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now.

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

I want to highlight once again that when we talk about the fight against terrorism and the circles around it and when we talk about ensuring the safety and the peace of all, we are not talking about fantasies.

A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.

I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

All together, we know for many years that terror is the most dangerous thing for local, regional and international stability.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world.

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.