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> [One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy - above all, the war in Iraq. During the Cold War, the Wilson government resisted the suggestion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-extraordinary-features-of-the-blair-government-has-been/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

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> [The fact that the Bush administration, and those in Europe who have followed its 9/11-inspired agenda, somehow believe that the future of the world is being played out in the Middle East and Central Asia rather than East Asia has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-fact-that-the-bush-administration-and-those-in-europe-who-have/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

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## Other authors on Central

## More by Martin Jacques

> [There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/there-may-be-little-practical-difference-between-a-ford-mondeo-and-a/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/no-one-likes-to-admit-they-are-racist-or-bear-prejudices-nor-do-they/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-the-truth-be-told-we-are-a-society-that-is-dripping-in-racism-this/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/in-formula-one-the-car-can-make-a-difference-in-a-way-that-a-driver/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/in-the-aftermath-of-9-11-and-in-the-build-up-to-the-invasion-of-iraq/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-kind-of-intolerance-in-the/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/our-leaders-increasingly-see-fit-to-lecture-the-ethnic-minorities-on/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the list. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-one-wanted-to-find-a-modern-symbol-of-personal-freedom-the-motor/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken on board…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-except-at-the-edges-was-a-thatcherite-brown-in-contrast/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/western-countries-are-thoroughly-accustomed-to-being-the-centre-of/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as the fitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-american-model-was-celebrated-by-thatcherites-and-new-labour/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-characteristics-of-new-labour-and-miliband-is-irredeemably/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-two-ethnic-groups-that-remain-fundamentally-different-from-the/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/sport-is-increasingly-played-according-to-the-tune-and-rules-of-those/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

> [Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/following-the-end-of-the-cold-war-there-was-much-discussion/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

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