Tony Blair Quotes

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further progress.

I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.

The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.

Growth and prosperity. These are the blocks with which we must build our welfare society.

It is past time to acknowledge that economic growth … is good, and that what the world needs is more of it.

The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely.

Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition to cleaner and more efficient forms of economic growth.

Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

Gujarat, with its all inclusive, sustainable and rapid growth, is emerging as a globally preferred place to live in and to do business.

We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

The growth that we want is one that brings real benefits to the people, raises quality and efficiency of development, and contributes to energy conservation and environmental protection.

One industrial age belief is that GDP or GNP is a measure of progress. I don't care if you're the President of China or the U.S., if your country doesn't grow, you're in trouble. But we all know that beyond a certain level of material need, further material acquisition doesn't make people happier.

Most people believe, mistakenly, that wealth in a human society has something to do with money, but that's not true. Money is simply a medium of exchange. Prosperity in a human society is the accumulation of solutions to human problems that we create for ourselves.

I'm pleased that some economists and sociologists are beginning to talk about, for example, alternative measures of human well-being - alternative, that is, to GDP, on which the world runs.

It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare.

I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge.

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

Some policies may promote growth in ways that will increase poverty; others may promote growth in ways that will reduce it. Some growth strategies may be good for the environment; others may not be.

The idea that only a limited number of people can live in a country is profound illusion. It all depends on their cooperative and inventive power.

Pollution and the exhaustion of natural resources depend and will depend in the future on the absolute level of total economic activity. This means that is necessary to restrain both the rate of growth of population and, at least in the developed countries, the rate of growth of consumption per head.