Tony Blair Security Quotations

The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.

That's why it's important, I think, that as long as it takes -- and maybe it's not possible to reach consensus at the moment -- that there is a reform of the Security Council at some stage.

There is no point in speculating what happens down the line if you reach an impasse. But there is a lot of processes that have to be gone through before you are at that point, not least the Security Council.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that what is happening in Iraq now is crucial for our own security, ... Never mind the security of Iraq or the greater Middle East. It is crucial for the security of the world.

We make a judgment based on the advice of our security services what the appropriate action is to take

a word of congratulations to our police and security services for the magnificent work that they have done.

The police told me, and the security services back them up, that they may have stopped two further attempts since July 7, ... There are people we are tracking the whole time.

The police and security services are saying this is absolutely necessary for the security of the country

The circumstances of our national security have now self-evidently changed,

Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements in the security and the standards of living,