All Martin Jacques Quotes
- Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China.… Accustomed
- It is not an accident that developing countries - virtually the whole of East Asia, for example - view the role of the state in… Accident
- The move towards neoliberalism in Britain was intimately bound up with the embrace of the U.S. as the country to be aped and copied. Aped
- 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… Assumed
- The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law. That is the… Cup
- In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early… Any
- The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After 1989, Russia was… American
- Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is… African
- I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was… Abhorring
- Blair worshipped Thatcherism, could see little or no wrong in it, believed that that was what the country needed, thought that there was no alternative,… Alternative
- If anything, Brown is more oriented towards the other side of the Atlantic than Blair. Most of his reforming ideas and intellectual influences seem to… Affinity
- Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and oppose the… Administration
- If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively… Burning
- There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There was the whopping… Been
- No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness racist… Admit
- The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to the fact that… Admit
- If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part… Allegedly
- Racism always exists cheek by jowl with, inside, and alongside culture and class. As a rule, it is inseparable from them. That is why, for… Alongside
- Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationalist, relations between Japan and China have paradoxically improved… Abe
- Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about… Britain
- With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our… Affect
- It is much easier to learn another language when you are young, enthusiastic and unembarrassed. Another Language
- In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading… American
- Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of… Apart
- The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The… Advantage