Posted at 3:41 a.m., Thursday, May 10, 2007
Best of Blair quotations
Associated Press
Quotations from British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his decade in office:May 27, 1997: On global conflict.
"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."
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Aug. 31, 1997: On the death of Princess Diana.
"She was the people's princess and that's how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and in our memories forever.
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Sept. 11, 2001: Following attacks on the United States.
"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."
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April 10, 2002: On Iraq.
"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."
