Tony Blair Quotes

You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.

India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.

There is no example on the planet of a successful economy with broadly shared prosperity and a shrinking, weak government.

There is no - let me repeat - no example in the last quarter-century of a large, complex economy that has been successful with high taxes.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

In the matter of social security one thing stands out clearly in my mind. Such things are necessary in order that the weak shall not go to the wall, that the strong may be supported, that all may have justice. But we must never so blanket ourselves that those fine national qualities of which I have spoken shall no longer have play. I know so well that fear, want and idleness can kill the spirit of any people. But I know, too, that security can be bought at too great a cost—the cost of spiritual freedom. How, then, may we strike a balance? That, it seems to me, is the big question for us to decide today

If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are going to fight the wrong battle.

This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid; and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease!

Gay people do not fight for freedom to live in a lavender bubble, but in a more just society.

I think in American culture, we put value on economic success but tell people you don't have to be economically successful to be happy.

We need a free economy not only for the renewed material prosperity it will bring, but because it is indispensable to individual freedom, human dignity and to a more just, more honest society.

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on the road.

One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.

Canada must be progressive, and Canada must be a just society.

Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful fighters already out there. No Logo is an invigorating call to arms for everybody who wants to save money, justice, or the universe.

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.

People get so burned out on hearing about sexism, but you know what? I would love to burn out on it. I would love to never talk about that again, but until we're all equal I shall have to fight, and remain fighting.

Together, undocumented people like me and our relatives, friends and allies wait for broader immigration reform, not just for Dreamers but also for undocumented workers of all ages and backgrounds who contribute to our economic security and prosperity.