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"It is difficult to determine the cause of grass fires. There is usually nothing left behind when we get there, like a cigarette or a gas can, for us to determine what started it."
"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."
"Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom."
"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."
"More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament."
"He who feels compelled to consider the consequences of these facts cannot but realize that the specific sensibility of nerves for certain impressions is not enough, since all nerves are sensitive to the same cause but react to the same cause in different ways."
Explore more quotes by Tony Blair
"It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose."
"I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands."
"I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country."
"Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war."
"Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will."
"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."
"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."
"However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice."
"I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides."
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