Tony Blair Government Quotations

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

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 most capable and least popular.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

There is no question here of a deal or trade-off. We are working very hard with the Romanian government to stop illegal immigration and to get to a point where visas are no longer necessary,

I have listened and I have learned, ... And I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.

London's bid is important to me, the government and to our country and I would be immensely proud to help bring the games back to London for first time in 64 years,

The government decision was taken on grounds of safety and nonproliferation,

It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ireland have got to have given up violence for good,

Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust....Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place

Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism

Ask me my three main priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education, and education.

I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.

The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.

So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.