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The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. ↗

— Tony Blair

#consequences #divide #further #inflame #itself

Do you spell it with a "V" or a "W"?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#fancy #judge #lord #spell #taste

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#baby #born #complete #contend #degeneration

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. ↗

— Tony Blair

#anywhere #chance #choice #choose #democracy

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. ↗

— Tony Blair

#american #britain #driven #evil #friends

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

— Tony Blair

#choice #circumstances #criminalize #difficult #difficult circumstances

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. ↗

— Tony Blair

#country #devastated #else #everyone #feel

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive! ↗

— Donna Karan

#accentuate #delete #negative

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. ↗

— Tony Blair

#capability #chemical #destruction #hussein #mass

But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. ↗

— Tony Blair

#contagion #crave #economies #ever #fall