--- title: "7 Fact Quotes By Martin Jacques" description: "7 Fact quotes by Martin Jacques. Plus more from Martin Jacques and more Fact sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/martin-jacques-6623_accessible_the-fact-that-television-and-tourism-hav_1272019.png" --- > [The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-fact-that-television-and-tourism-have-made-the-whole-world/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/martin-jacques-6623_accessible_the-fact-that-television-and-tourism-hav_1272019.png) > [The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-more-expensive-and-or-exclusive-a-sport-the-whiter-it-tends-to-be/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/martin-jacques-6623_almost_the-more-expensive-and-or-exclusive-a-sp_1711104.jpg) > [Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/although-one-of-the-key-justifications-for-the-vietnam-war-was-to/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/martin-jacques-6623_although_although-one-of-the-key-justifications-f_1875755.jpg) > [The fact that the Bush administration, and those in Europe who have followed its 9/11-inspired agenda, somehow believe that the future of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/martin-jacques-6623_accelerate_the-fact-that-the-bush-administration-an_2290540.png) > [The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-fact-that-hardly-anyone-is-ever-prepared-to-admit-to-racist/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/martin-jacques-6623_admit_the-fact-that-hardly-anyone-is-ever-prep_2599158.png) > [One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92%…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-unique-features-of-china-is-that-notwithstanding-the-fact/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/martin-jacques-6623_around_one-of-the-unique-features-of-china-is-t_2898795.png) > [Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-s-support-for-the-americans-should-not-be-seen-as-an-aberration/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/martin-jacques-6623_american_blair-s-support-for-the-americans-should_3101317.png) ## Other authors on Fact ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fact/martin-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fact Quotes By Martin Jacques", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. 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