The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Quote by Tony Blair

Topics: Art Quotes, Leadership Quotes

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

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

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the...

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the...

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party...

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party...

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a...

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a...

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who,...

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who,...

There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things...

There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things...

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good...

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good...

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people...

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people...

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this...

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this...

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to...

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to...

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

This may be the day when finally after all the false dawns and dashed hope,...

This may be the day when finally after all the false dawns and dashed hope,...

VThere is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a...

VThere is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a...

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

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

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

You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.

You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear...

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear...