top of page

"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."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Friendship quotes

"Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse."

"Unfailing friends are essential, when 'presence' and 'absence' are wrangling in our daily living, and our presence is rampaged by murk and woe, while passion and lust for life are trampled. Reliable allies can shore us up and since we are our best ally, we first have got to make sure we get along well with ourselves. ("Being my best friend)."

"A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends."

"Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up."

"As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendship."

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."

"Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never."

"How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing."

"My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection."

"Friends are the artists who paint happy lips on your face."
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."


"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."
bottom of page