"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. That is a prize beyond value." - at a Nato-Russia summit in Paris in 1997.
"We therefore here in Britain stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy." - after the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
"A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders." - in April 1998 before peace talks in Northern Ireland.
"What modernisation to me is about is not dumping principle. It's the opposite. It's retrieving what the Labour Party is really about." - in April 1995.
"They liked her, they loved her, they regarded her as one of the people. She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay." - after the death of Princess Diana in 1997.
"Ridding the world of Saddam would be an act of humanity. It is leaving him there that is in truth inhumane." - Labour Party rally in 2003.
"My three priorities for government are education, education, education." - after Labour came to power in 1997.
"I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear." - Labour rally in 2003.
"Labour will be tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime." - pledge made in 1992 while in opposition.
"This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about civilisation. It is the age-old battle between progress and reaction, between those who embrace and see opportunity in the modern world and those who reject its existence." - in March 2006, referring to the fight against terrorism.