There's a huge wave of anti-establishment feeling. There's an enormous amount of anger. And it's collapsing governments and political movements across the world right now. Tony Blair More Quotes by Tony Blair More Quotes From Tony Blair Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes. Tony Blair heart may people Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot. Tony Blair important feet world The thing always is to go to where people really are and what they're really feeling about life. Tony Blair feelings people The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism. Tony Blair socialism progress battle So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister. Tony Blair ministers prime phones The socialism of centralised state control of industry and production, is dead. It misunderstood the nature and development of a modern market economy. It failed to recognise that the state and public sector can become a vested interest capable of oppression as much as the vested interests of wealth and capital. it was based on a false view of class that became too rigid to explain or illuminate the nature of class division today. Tony Blair misunderstood views class I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas. Tony Blair decent politician ideas One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways. Tony Blair answers believe way One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis. Tony Blair political past years I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers at the end of the street, and your life's in misery, and you're afraid of your kids going out the door. I mean, the job of progressive politicians is to do something about that. Tony Blair jobs mean kids You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. Tony Blair amplify media reality Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together. Tony Blair responsibility together opportunity I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular. Tony Blair leaving government journey I hope that people know me well enough and realise that I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I never have. I think most people who have dealt with me think I am a pretty straight sort of a guy. Tony Blair country people thinking I think conspiracy theories have gotten more and more close to the mainstream because what you've got is a fragmentation of the media, where the media becomes much more polarized today, left and right. Tony Blair media today thinking I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered. Tony Blair perception hands people It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population; and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability. Tony Blair intelligence-services iraq military As the world transforms, moves closer together, jobs are displaced, and the world of work completely changes the way we live, the way we think. As that revolution goes on around us, it is going to pose political challenges of which immigration is one very obvious one, which are going to be extremely difficult to deal with. But it's like free trade. You know, in the end, if we go protectionist, we'll make a mistake. Tony Blair mistake jobs moving I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens. Tony Blair election happens people If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The only way you get anything like this done is if people think, 'I understand why it is being done.' Tony Blair done people thinking
