Tony Blair's Bornemouth Speech

People were made to feel we wanted to hold them back, limit their aspirations, when in truth the very opposite was our goal.

We were chained by our ideology.

We thought we had eternal doctrines.

When they are in truth eternal values.

Solidarity, social justice, the belief not that society comes before individual fulfilment but that it is only in a strong society of others that the individual will be fulfilled. That it is these bonds of connection that make us not citizens of one nation but members of one human race.

Today we stand here, more confident than at any time during our 100 years, more confident because we are winning the battle of ideas; we are putting our values into practice; we are the only political force capable of liberating the potential of our people.

Arrayed against us: the forces of conservatism, the cynics, the elites, the establishment. Those who will live with decline.

On our side, the forces of modernity and justice. Those who believe in a Britain for all the people. Those who fight social injustice, because they know it harms our nation.

Those who believe in a society of equality, of opportunity and responsibility. Those who have the courage to change. Those who have confidence in the future.

The battleground, the new Millennium.

Our values are our guide.

Our job is to serve.