Tony Blair Quotes

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

The question of our time is rapidly becoming can government get things done?

I did not love politics. As a matter of fact, I hated politics. I loved governing which is … a different thing.

I am sure of my ability to form a good government.

The Administration of the United States is such dread I almost feel paralyzed.

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

India has been at the greatest loss because governments were run only for elections.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

We can’t just run the government on political rhetoric and ideology.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

I am the candidate who defends the superiority of politics over the administration, the bureaucracy, the economy, and so I think it is politics which must decide.

Running a government as chief minister and managing affairs of the nation are different things.

I love working for the people of Ohio, and I have a lot more work to do as their senator.

If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.

Mario Ruiz Massieu's resignation places the ball very firmly in Zedillo's court. A key decision he will have to make is whether he is going to govern with, without, or against his own party.

I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.

The skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing.

I'm prepared to mentor any political group, even PAP chaps can come to me, I'll still mentor them. Because the objective must be very clear: you want to train people who will be good MPs. MPs who will think of Singapore first.

One must realise that it is not a child's play to run a government.

Mr Corbyn, I accuse you of failing to do your duty by not opposing in any real sense our government on the most important issue of our times - Brexit.

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.

It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general ability.