--- title: "14 More Quotes By Martin Jacques" description: "14 More quotes by Martin Jacques. Plus more from Martin Jacques and more More sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/martin-jacques-6623_assume_europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-th_1512543.png" --- > [Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-the-world-not-to-dominate-it/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/martin-jacques-6623_assume_europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-th_1512543.png) > [At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/martin-jacques-6623_brutal_at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-k_157085.jpg) > [It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/it-remains-to-be-seen-whether-the-more-optimistic-scenario-for-sino/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/martin-jacques-6623_been_it-remains-to-be-seen-whether-the-more-o_2323152.png) > [If anything, Brown is more oriented towards the other side of the Atlantic than Blair. Most of his reforming ideas and intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-anything-brown-is-more-oriented-towards-the-other-side-of-the/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/martin-jacques-6623_affinity_if-anything-brown-is-more-oriented-towar_860408.png) > [Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/just-six-years-into-the-21st-century-one-can-say-this-is-not-shaping/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/martin-jacques-6623_21st-century_just-six-years-into-the-21st-century-one_2946039.png) > [More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselves-to-be-han-of-course-such-a/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/martin-jacques-6623_assimilation_more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselv_1355699.png) > [My guess is that good and bad parenting is spread fairly evenly across different social groups. But can you imagine Tony Blair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/my-guess-is-that-good-and-bad-parenting-is-spread-fairly-evenly/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/martin-jacques-6623_across_my-guess-is-that-good-and-bad-parenting_603604.jpg) > [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) > [In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/in-my-experience-i-am-the-lone-father-of-an-eight-year-old-boy-who/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/martin-jacques-6623_am_in-my-experience-i-am-the-lone-father-of_3155715.png) > [If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/martin-jacques-6623_about_if-one-wanted-to-find-a-modern-symbol-of_248202.png) > [Australia - not western in geography, of course, but in every other respect for sure (it certainly doesn't want to be regarded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/australia-not-western-in-geography-of-course-but-in-every-other/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/martin-jacques-6623_around_australia-not-western-in-geography-of-co_1977077.png) > [We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/we-all-know-what-is-meant-by-the-term-international-community-don-t/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/martin-jacques-6623_community_we-all-know-what-is-meant-by-the-term-in_2808213.jpg) > [It is not an accident that developing countries - virtually the whole of East Asia, for example - view the role of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/it-is-not-an-accident-that-developing-countries-virtually-the-whole/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/martin-jacques-6623_accident_it-is-not-an-accident-that-developing-co_3034172.jpg) ## Other authors on More ## 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/more/martin-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "14 More Quotes By Martin Jacques", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Jacques" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-the-world-not-to-dominate-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/martin-jacques-6623_assume_europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-th_1512543.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/martin-jacques-6623_assume_europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-th_1512543.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/martin-jacques-6623_assume_europe-must-learn-to-live-in-and-with-th_1512543.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more…” — Martin Jacques", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in the era of colonialism, but more comprehensive and totalitarian.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Jacques" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-kind-of-intolerance-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/martin-jacques-6623_brutal_at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-k_157085.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/martin-jacques-6623_brutal_at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-k_157085.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/martin-jacques-6623_brutal_at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-k_157085.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions…” — Martin Jacques", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. 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Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races, but because China has enjoyed such a long and continuous history as a polity, there has been thousands of years of mixing, melding and assimilation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Jacques" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselves-to-be-han-of-course-such-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/martin-jacques-6623_assimilation_more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselv_1355699.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/martin-jacques-6623_assimilation_more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselv_1355699.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/martin-jacques-6623_assimilation_more-than-90-of-chinese-believe-themselv_1355699.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. 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