I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly: There is a tendency for the world to say to America, โthe big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,โ and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.
Tony BlairBecause I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does the center revitalize itself? How does it develop the policy agenda for the future? And how do we link up people who have the same basic ideas and attachments to the same basic values across the world?
Tony BlairThose who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
Tony BlairThe Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.
Tony Blair