Been Quotes by Martin Jacques

The cost to Tata of purchasing Land Rover and Jaguar may have been small, but its wider symbolic significance is enormous.

— Martin Jacques

There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There…

— Martin Jacques

For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U.S. and Japan. They have never…

— Martin Jacques

The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions…

— Martin Jacques

While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But…

— Martin Jacques

The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by…

— Martin Jacques

The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese…

— Martin Jacques

In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna…

— Martin Jacques

Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main…

— Martin Jacques

The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is allowed. Tibet has been…

— Martin Jacques

China is, indeed, in so many ways, not like the West. It is not even primarily a nation state but a civilisation…

— Martin Jacques

Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The…

— Martin Jacques

The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama who is…

— Martin Jacques

One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy…

— Martin Jacques

Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But…

— Martin Jacques

It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of…

— Martin Jacques

The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After…

— Martin Jacques

More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races,…

— Martin Jacques