Blair turned up the pressure at the recent G8 Summit held in Gleneagles, Scotland. Overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the London transit system that occurred during the summit was Blair's continued call for the United States to do something about global warming. This time, he emphasized that he wasn't looking for the United States to join Kyoto per se, but to do something technological that would have an impact. What I am trying to do at the G8, ... is say 'America is not going to sign the Kyoto Treaty, let's leave that to one side.'
More Quotes from Tony Blair:
I obviously need to get to the gym.Tony Blair
I stand 100 percent by it and I think our intelligence services gave us the correct intelligence and information at the time.
Tony Blair
Each of the countries around that table has some experience of the effects of terrorism, and all the leaders, as they will indicate a little bit later, share our complete resolution to defeat this terrorism,
Tony Blair
When people talk about the links between Iraq, Afghanistan or Palestine and what has happened, yes it is true these people will use these things as an excuse,
Tony Blair
It should be possible at Hong Kong to set a deadline of 2010, ... There is an enormous amount at stake... Failure to make progress could even be fatal for the trade round.
Tony Blair
Understand the causes of terror Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this nothing could ever justify the events of September 11 and it is to turn justice on its head to pretend it could.
Tony Blair
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: America Quotes, Terrorism Quotes, Time QuotesBased on Keywords: blairs, gleneagles
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.
King Edward VIII
It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.
Bryant Gumbel
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
Mortimer Adler