--- title: "15 Left Quotes By Tony Blair" description: "15 Left quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/tony-blair-812_example_you-get-these-insurgent-movements-of-pop_1947479.jpg" --- > [You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/you-get-these-insurgent-movements-of-populism-left-and-right-an/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/tony-blair-812_example_you-get-these-insurgent-movements-of-pop_1947479.jpg) > [So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/so-actually-i-only-got-a-mobile-phone-the-day-after-i-left-being/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/tony-blair-812_being_so-actually-i-only-got-a-mobile-phone-th_636832.jpg) > [My course has never been about triangulation, and neither, really, is Bill Clinton's. It's not - it's about applying your values to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-course-has-never-been-about-triangulation-and-neither-really-is/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/tony-blair-812_bills_my-course-has-never-been-about-triangula_2545593.jpg) > [We fall for... the theories of betrayal very easily, and one of the things that's always depressed me about the left, ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-fall-for-the-theories-of-betrayal-very-easily-and-one-of-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/tony-blair-812_ability_we-fall-for-the-theories-of-betrayal-ver_1619517.jpg) > [The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-problem-is-some-of-the-populism-on-both-the-far-left-and-the-far/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tony-blair-812_important_the-problem-is-some-of-the-populism-on-b_162202.jpg) > [I think conspiracy theories have gotten more and more close to the mainstream because what you've got is a fragmentation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-conspiracy-theories-have-gotten-more-and-more-close-to-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/tony-blair-812_conspiracy_i-think-conspiracy-theories-have-gotten_1059023.jpg) > [I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-that-centrism-is-often-it-s/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/tony-blair-812_believe_i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-tha_967440.jpg) > [A lot of the politics that is going on left and right at the moment is more about a protest, which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/a-lot-of-the-politics-that-is-going-on-left-and-right-at-the-moment/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/tony-blair-812_alliances_a-lot-of-the-politics-that-is-going-on-l_3218679.jpg) > [One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/one-thing-change-is-what-everyone-says-the-question-is-what-type-of/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/tony-blair-812_behinds_one-thing-change-is-what-everyone-says-t_2893141.jpg) > [If you're living in a community that's become fragmented and left behind, there's not proper investment in it and so on, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-re-living-in-a-community-that-s-become-fragmented-and-left/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/tony-blair-812_answers_if-you-re-living-in-a-community-that-s-b_1115629.jpg) > [I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-the-single-most-important-political-distinction-today-is/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/tony-blair-812_boundaries_i-think-the-single-most-important-politi_1002842.jpg) > [Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/actually-the-royal-family-were-very-gracious-and-good-to-me-but-i/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/tony-blair-812_backgrounds_actually-the-royal-family-were-very-grac_1955444.jpg) > [The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-is-mirrored-completely-by-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/tony-blair-812_agree_the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-i_368621.jpg) > [If you've got communities that feel they've been left behind, if you've got - as you do in Britain at the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they-ve-been-left-behind-if-you/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tony-blair-812_addresses_if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they_2792999.jpg) > [I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-the-people-like-myself-who-are-in-the-center-ground-of/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/tony-blair-812_big-responsibility_i-think-the-people-like-myself-who-are-i_971857.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## More by Tony Blair > [I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-happen-to-think-it-s-the-politics-that-makes-you-electable-but-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-have-absolutely-no-doubt-at-all-that-we-will-find-evidence-of/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-mean-you-can-agree-or-disagree-with-iraq-or-afghanistan-but-by-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-dad-was-a-militant-atheist-or-is-a-militant-atheist-my-mum-was/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [Politics may be the art of the possible, but at least in life, give the impossible a go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/politics-may-be-the-art-of-the-possible-but-at-least-in-life-give-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-also-as-i-think-most-people-do-have-a-healthy-instinct-that-if-we/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-is-not-a-sensible-or-intelligent-response-for-us-in-europe-to/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-am-absolutely-delighted-to-give-my-full-support-to-gordon-as-the/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/society-works-by-putting-opportunity-and-responsibility-together/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-great-advantage-of-the-lib-dems-is-precisely-that-no-one-knows/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/people-know-where-i-stand-in-the-labour-party-and-what-i-believe-in/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-only-society-that-works-today-is-also-one-founded-on-mutual/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/how-do-we-deal-with-not-just-the-acts-of-violence-but-the-extremist/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-public-think-the-politicians-don-t-know-or-care-about-their-lives/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) > [I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-s-important-for-people-like-me-to-evaluate-and-reevaluate/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left/tony-blair/#itemlist", "name": "15 Left Quotes By Tony Blair", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/actually-the-royal-family-were-very-gracious-and-good-to-me-but-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/tony-blair-812_backgrounds_actually-the-royal-family-were-very-grac_1955444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/tony-blair-812_backgrounds_actually-the-royal-family-were-very-grac_1955444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/tony-blair-812_backgrounds_actually-the-royal-family-were-very-grac_1955444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-is-mirrored-completely-by-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/tony-blair-812_agree_the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-i_368621.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/tony-blair-812_agree_the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-i_368621.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/tony-blair-812_agree_the-donald-trump-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-i_368621.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's…” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Blair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they-ve-been-left-behind-if-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tony-blair-812_addresses_if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they_2792999.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tony-blair-812_addresses_if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they_2792999.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tony-blair-812_addresses_if-you-ve-got-communities-that-feel-they_2792999.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you've got communities that feel they've been left behind, if you've got - as you do in Britain at the…” — Tony Blair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center right can cooperate and work together. 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