Like Quotes by Martin Jacques

8 Like quotes by Martin Jacques

Martin Jacques’s eight brief statements about the idea of liking are clear and thoughtful, giving you a succinct view of his approach. It’s an efficient read for those wanting a quick sense of his voice.

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No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when…

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Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's…

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Google will be obliged either to accept Chinese regulations or exit the world's largest Internet market, with serious consequences for its long-term…

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With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave…

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Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century.…

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

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

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In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old),…

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If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best…

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

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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…

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Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What…

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If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the list. But…

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Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken on board…

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Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so…

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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…

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One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new…

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The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance -…

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