--- title: "9 Global Quotes By Martin Jacques" description: "9 Global quotes by Martin Jacques. Plus more from Martin Jacques and more Global sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/martin-jacques-6623_beijing_already-2008-has-proved-a-tumultuous-yea_2981367.png" --- > [Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/already-2008-has-proved-a-tumultuous-year-in-terms-of-global/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/martin-jacques-6623_beijing_already-2008-has-proved-a-tumultuous-yea_2981367.png) > [With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/with-the-united-states-in-slow-long-term-decline-how-will-that-affect/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/martin-jacques-6623_about_with-the-united-states-in-slow-long-term_2477802.jpg) > [Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/martin-jacques-6623_accustomed_western-countries-are-thoroughly-accusto_297819.jpg) > [The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-internet-has-been-seen-in-the-west-as-the-quintessential/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/martin-jacques-6623_been_the-internet-has-been-seen-in-the-west-a_1300085.png) > [While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/while-the-west-has-enjoyed-overwhelming-global-power-its-moral/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/martin-jacques-6623_actions_while-the-west-has-enjoyed-overwhelming_1052101.png) > [Google will be obliged either to accept Chinese regulations or exit the world's largest Internet market, with serious consequences for its long-term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/google-will-be-obliged-either-to-accept-chinese-regulations-or-exit/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/martin-jacques-6623_accept_google-will-be-obliged-either-to-accept_1820656.jpg) > [An increasingly multipolar world requires an entirely different kind of U.S. foreign policy: far from being unilateralist, it necessitates a complex form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/an-increasingly-multipolar-world-requires-an-entirely-different-kind/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/martin-jacques-6623_basis_an-increasingly-multipolar-world-require_2442732.jpg) > [The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-era-when-the-united-states-was-the-dominant-global-power-is/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/martin-jacques-6623_accordingly_the-era-when-the-united-states-was-the-d_1682639.png) > [Neoconservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/neoconservatism-in-all-its-pomp-conceived-in-the-project-for-a-new/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/martin-jacques-6623_affairs_neoconservatism-in-all-its-pomp-conceive_3128460.jpg) ## Other authors on Global ## 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/global/martin-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "9 Global Quotes By Martin Jacques", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. 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