--- title: "10 States Quotes By Martin Jacques" description: "10 States quotes by Martin Jacques. Plus more from Martin Jacques and more States sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/martin-jacques-6623_assumed_9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-o_2680785.png" --- > [9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-only-assumed-its-overarching/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/martin-jacques-6623_assumed_9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-o_2680785.png) > [The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-an-intimate-member-of-the/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/martin-jacques-6623_china_the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-a_479460.png) > [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) > [Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/martin-jacques-6623_admitted_following-the-end-of-the-cold-war-there_451000.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) > [Israel is the agent and surrogate of the United States and as such is treated entirely differently from every other country in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/israel-is-the-agent-and-surrogate-of-the-united-states-and-as-such-is/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/martin-jacques-6623_accept_israel-is-the-agent-and-surrogate-of-the_1071679.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) > [The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-chinese-state-is-constructed-in-an-entirely-different-way-from/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/martin-jacques-6623_aristocracy_the-chinese-state-is-constructed-in-an-e_695604.jpg) > [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) > [In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/martin-jacques-6623_aftermath_in-the-aftermath-of-9-11-and-in-the-buil_136624.png) ## Other authors on States ## 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/states/martin-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "10 States Quotes By Martin Jacques", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and b) because of the way the U.S. reacted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Jacques" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-only-assumed-its-overarching/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/martin-jacques-6623_assumed_9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-o_2680785.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/martin-jacques-6623_assumed_9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-o_2680785.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/martin-jacques-6623_assumed_9-11-was-a-hugely-overblown-event-that-o_2680785.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the…” — Martin Jacques", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Jacques" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-an-intimate-member-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/martin-jacques-6623_china_the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-a_479460.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/martin-jacques-6623_china_the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-a_479460.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/martin-jacques-6623_china_the-chinese-view-the-state-not-just-as-a_479460.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.” — Martin Jacques", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a way of acknowledging this and framing its ambitions and interests accordingly. 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