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"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries."

"Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers."

"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."

"I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed."

"This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social Security go bankrupt within ten years, we have a debt that is looming so high that in the last year of President Obama's budget just the interest payments on our debt is $916 billion dollars."

"Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is."

"Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice."

"There's a clear example of resolve in this country to fight back."

"Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest."
Explore more quotes by Tony Blair


"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."


"I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands."


"We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world."


"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."


"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."


"Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime."


"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."


"There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000."


"However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice."


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