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# Tariq Ali

(1943)   Researcher   United Kingdom

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Tariq Ali is a researcher from the United Kingdom, best known for *Street Fighting Years ; An Autobiography of the Sixties*.

## Quick Facts About Tariq Ali

Born October 21, 1943

Nationality United Kingdom

Profession Researcher

Notable works Street Fighting Years ; An Autobiography of the Sixties

## About Tariq Ali

He serves on the editorial committees of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes articles to CounterPunch and the London Review of Books. He also studies Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.

## Awards & Honors

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##  Quotes by Tariq Ali · Page 2

> [It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/it-was-civil-disobedience-that-won-them-their-civil-rights/)

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[Civil disobedience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-disobedience/)

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> [The European Union has lost virtually all of its credibility amongst large swaths of the European population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-european-union-has-lost-virtually-all-of-its-credibility-amongst/)

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[Credibility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/credibility/)

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> [For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/for-india-the-links-with-the-united-states-israel-are-the-centrepiece/)

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[Foreign policy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreign-policy/)

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> [The extreme center is the political expression of the neoliberal state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-extreme-center-is-the-political-expression-of-the-neoliberal-state/)

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[Expression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expression/)

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> [The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-pakistan-cricket-board-is-a-long-standing-joke-its-chairmen/)

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> [Terrorism emanates from weakness, not strength. It is the sign of despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/terrorism-emanates-from-weakness-not-strength-it-is-the-sign-of/)

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[Despair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/despair/)

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> [I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-do-not-accept-the-right-of-big-powers-to-change-governments-as-and/)

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> [I think to compare Germany to the Third Reich is utterly ludicrous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-to-compare-germany-to-the-third-reich-is-utterly-ludicrous/)

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> [In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-the-seventies-we-still-had-dreams-and-hopes-of-utopia-but-by-the/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-am-an-atheist-and-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the-religious-pain/)

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[Atheist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheist/)

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> [“Monotonous talk of the end of American hegemony, the universal cliché of the period, is mostly a way of avoiding mounting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/monotonous-talk-of-the-end-of-american-hegemony-the-universal-clich/)

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> [Political pundits in Delhi and Islamabad have berated the West for its relativism and double-standards. After all why should Britain have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/political-pundits-in-delhi-and-islamabad-have-berated-the-west-for/)

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[Double standards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/double-standards/)

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> [Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/tragedies-are-always-discussed-as-if-they-took-place-in-a-void-but/)

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[Events](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/events/)

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> [I think the big tragedy of the Cuban Revolution was that it became dependent on the Soviet Union, and it became dependent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-the-big-tragedy-of-the-cuban-revolution-was-that-it-became/)

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> [I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-the-united-states-and-its-british-attack-dog-are-not-taken/)

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> [That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/that-natural-disasters-are-required-to-provide-americans-with-a/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [Germany is a capitalist state nurtured carefully and brought back to prosperity by the United States, and it is very loyal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/germany-is-a-capitalist-state-nurtured-carefully-and-brought-back-to/)

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> [There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/there-is-no-real-agreement-among-scholars-as-to-whether-homer-and/)

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> [The judgement makes no sense at all. It exposes the country, Turkey, to ridicule. It would have been so much better if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-judgement-makes-no-sense-at-all-it-exposes-the-country-turkey-to/)

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> [As for ISIS, we know where they come from. We know who has used them in the past. We know their sectarianism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/as-for-isis-we-know-where-they-come-from-we-know-who-has-used-them-in/)

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[Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boss/)

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> [As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/as-long-as-the-pentagon-bankrolls-the-pakistan-army-to-fight-its-wars/)

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[Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/)

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> [The situation in Turkey is extremely troubling. A panic-stricken regime, desperate to divide the Kurdish population from non-Kurds because it feared the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-situation-in-turkey-is-extremely-troubling-a-panic-stricken/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/this-is-the-permanent-tension-that-lies-at-the-heart-of-a-capitalist/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/scandinavia-was-awash-with-maoism-in-the-70s-sweden-had-maoist-groups/)

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[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

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> [Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/exploiters-and-manipulators-have-always-used-religion-self/)

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> [It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/it-is-as-difficult-to-define-or-classify-islamic-cinema-as-it-would/)

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[Buddhist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhist/)

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> [Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/proximity-to-power-has-an-unsurprising-ability-to-mutate-a-politician/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/history-rarely-repeats-itself-but-its-echoes-never-go-away/)

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> [The past has too much knowledge embedded in it, and therefore it's best to forget it and start anew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-past-has-too-much-knowledge-embedded-in-it-and-therefore-it-s/)

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> [I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-the-americans-fished-out-the-same-condom-but-found-it-had-too/)

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> [In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-my-eyes-a-patriot-is-little-more-than-an-international-blackleg/)

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[Eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eyes/)

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> [The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-implication-strongly-is-that-osama-bin-laden-is-a-hitler-even/)

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> [“Oh my son,” sighed Ama. “I was talking to the shadows of the pomegranate trees. At least they will be here when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/oh-my-son-sighed-ama-i-was-talking-to-the-shadows-of-the-pomegranate/)

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[Shadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadows/)

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> [I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of 'Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends' as a birthday present.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-was-in-my-mid-teens-when-someone-gave-me-a-copy-of-pears/)

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[Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/)

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> [Most Iraqis, even if they hated Saddam and suffered, say life was much better under him than it was under the occupation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/most-iraqis-even-if-they-hated-saddam-and-suffered-say-life-was-much/)

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> [In January 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations in response to Cuban nationalisation of U.S.-owned sugar plantations, banks and businesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-january-1961-the-united-states-severed-diplomatic-relations-in/)

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[Diplomatic relations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diplomatic-relations/)

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> [In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-the-calculus-of-western-interests-there-is-no-suffering-whatever/)

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[Calculus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calculus/)

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> [If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/if-every-single-jew-born-anywhere-in-the-world-has-the-right-to/)

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> [The only decent daily paper of record in France is the online 'Mediapart,' which exposes graft and corruption in high places and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-only-decent-daily-paper-of-record-in-france-is-the-online/)

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[Corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corruption/)

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> [I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-democracy-is-on-the-decline-in-the-west-ruling-parties-are/)

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[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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## Tariq Ali by topic

[World (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/tariq-ali/) [Politics (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/tariq-ali/) [War (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/tariq-ali/) [Israel (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/tariq-ali/) [Thinking (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/tariq-ali/) [Political (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political/tariq-ali/) [Europe (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/europe/tariq-ali/) [United states (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/united-states/tariq-ali/) [Unions (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unions/tariq-ali/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/tariq-ali/) [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/tariq-ali/) [Democracy (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/tariq-ali/) [Country (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/tariq-ali/)

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