The intelligence is clear: [Saddam Hussein] continues to believe
that his weapons of mass destruction programme is essential
both for internal repression and for external aggression. It
is essential to his regional power. Prior to the inspectors
coming back in, he was engaged in a systematic exercise in concealment
of those weapons.
Tony Blair
House of Commons statement on Iraq, February
25 2003. |
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.
Tony Blair
November 2002. |
Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the
only chance of peace is a readiness for war.
Tony Blair
Speech to Labour Party Conference October
2002. |
[The Joint Intelligence Committee] concludes that Iraq has
chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to
produce them, that he has existing and active military plans
for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could
be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia
population, and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear
weapons capability.
Tony Blair
House of Commons statement on publication
of dossier concerning Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction,
September 24 2002. |
I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big
thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing
of it.
Tony Blair
Interview with Jeremy Paxman May 2002. |
Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons
of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked.
He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed
to develop these weapons, a threat to us also.
Tony Blair
House of Commons statement on discussions
with President Bush over Middle East, April 10 2002. |
This is not a battle between the United States of America
and terrorism but between the free and democratic world and
terrorism. We therefore here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder
with our American friends in this hour of tragedy.
Tony Blair
Statement to the nation, September 11 2001. |
This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today. It
is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the
sanctity of human life and we, the democracies of this world,
are going to have to come together to fight it together and
eradicate this evil completely from our world.
Tony Blair
Speech to Trades Union Congress. September
11 2001, shortly after terrorist attacks of that day had begun. |
A New Britain where the extraordinary talent of the British
people is liberated from the forces of conservatism that so
long have held them back, to create a model 21st century nation,
based not on privilege, class or background, but on the equal
worth of all.
Tony Blair
Speech to Labour Party Conference September
28 1999. |
The party of fox hunting, Pinochet and hereditary
peers: the uneatable, the unspeakable and the unelectable.
Tony Blair
On Conservatives, in his 1999 party conference
speech. |