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 I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate. Tony Blair important people thinking One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization? Tony Blair outcomes different people If you've got communities that feel they've been left behind, if you've got - as you do in Britain at the moment, you have communities that believe they're being changed by immigration, that they don't have job opportunities, and that they're disregarded and that they don't - they've got no stake in a future which embraces globalization, you've got to address that issue. Tony Blair opportunity jobs believe You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives. Tony Blair sadness responsibility lost Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite sure what to make of me. I was a Labour figure, but I'd come from a very middle-class background. In one sense I offended both traditional right and traditional left. But I thought that was no bad thing. Tony Blair royal never-quit class The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed. Tony Blair free-enterprise enterprise financial People divide into groups where they talk to each other, but don't talk across the divide. And yet most of the challenges we face in the world today are challenges that are to do with trade, with technology, with how you make sure that people are properly educated, reform your health care system. Tony Blair technology challenges people How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of fanatics that go and join and kill for a group like ISIS are measured in tens of thousands, those that support the wider ideology, I'm afraid, you measure in tens of millions or more. Tony Blair isis numbers lying We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. Tony Blair chemicals iraq weapons Terrorism brings the reprisal; the reprisal brings the additional hatred; the additional hatred breeds the additional terrorism, and so on. Tony Blair reprisal terrorism hatred There are people who are anxious about immigration for reasons that are perfectly sensible. They think it's uncontrolled. They think it's, therefore, arbitrary in its consequences, and there are some communities affected much more deeply than others. Tony Blair community people thinking I had no intention of returning into the British political debate, really at all, even though I've obviously got very strong views on it, until Brexit happened, because I think Brexit is a destiny-changing decision for my country. Tony Blair strong country thinking Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together an open competitive society and successful economy with a just and decent society. Tony Blair battle fighting successful I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places. Tony Blair strong roots thinking We fall for... the theories of betrayal very easily, and one of the things that's always depressed me about the left, ever since I started in politics, is their ability to imbibe the propaganda of the right and regurgitate it to the left. Tony Blair propaganda betrayal fall I've never ruled out the possibility of going back into public service. Tony Blair public-service possibility The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression. Tony Blair wmd iraq believe What I don't know is whether there is a way politically that you can beat away these, some of these populist movements because in the end I don't think they really do provide answers. They ride the anger. But they don't really have the answers. Or whether this is an experiment we're just going to have to go through first. Tony Blair movement answers thinking The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit. Tony Blair oil benefits iraq I do believe that if you reach a just and fair settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians it will have a massive influence on countering extremism. Which is not to say that the Israel-Palestinian situation is the source of the problem, but it is very potent fuel. Tony Blair fuel israel believe
