--- title: "Best Tariq Ali Sayings" description: "Tariq Ali is a Pakistani‑British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker and public intellectual who writes for The Guardian and other magazines." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b159/author-tariq-ali-2958.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b159/author-tariq-ali-2958.jpg) # Tariq Ali (1943) Researcher United Kingdom **144** quotes in **738** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 Q130553019 ## Quotes by Tariq Ali · Page 3 > [During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/during-the-gulf-war-journalists-used-to-challenge-government-news/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/tariq-ali-2958_accepting_during-the-gulf-war-journalists-used-to_953748.png) > [History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/history-when-they-do-it-is-ancient-history-and-they-sensationalize/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/tariq-ali-2958_ancient_history-when-they-do-it-is-ancient-histo_2790078.png) > [The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-enlightenment-attacked-religion-christianity-mainly-for-two/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/tariq-ali-2958_buddhism_the-enlightenment-attacked-religion-chri_183657.jpg) > [When a country is invaded and attacked and people resist it's important to speak up and to say they have the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/when-a-country-is-invaded-and-attacked-and-people-resist-it-s/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/tariq-ali-2958_country_when-a-country-is-invaded-and-attacked-a_91457.png) > [The Lumiere brothers first exhibited moving pictures in Paris in 1896. A year later, there was a private showing at the Yildiz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-lumiere-brothers-first-exhibited-moving-pictures-in-paris-in-1896/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Brothers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brothers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/tariq-ali-2958_brothers_the-lumiere-brothers-first-exhibited-mov_503592.png) > [One could think of ways to defeat the censor. I could put up the answers on my Facebook page or website or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/one-could-think-of-ways-to-defeat-the-censor-i-could-put-up-the/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Censor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/tariq-ali-2958_censor_one-could-think-of-ways-to-defeat-the-ce_211202.png) > [Poland, after the First World War, was beset by chaos, disorder, and a foolish incursion by the Red Army, which helped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/poland-after-the-first-world-war-was-beset-by-chaos-disorder-and-a/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/tariq-ali-2958_army_poland-after-the-first-world-war-was-bes_2146224.jpg) > [Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/socially-the-cuban-revolution-created-an-education-system-and-health/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Cuban revolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/tariq-ali-2958_cuban-revolution_socially-the-cuban-revolution-created-an_793286.png) > [All these wars are similar in the way ideology is being used. It's the ideology of so-called humanitarian intervention. We don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/all-these-wars-are-similar-in-the-way-ideology-is-being-used-it-s-the/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/tariq-ali-2958_courses_all-these-wars-are-similar-in-the-way-id_327481.png) > [A storm swept the world in 1968. It started in Vietnam, then blew across Asia, crossing the sea and the mountains to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/a-storm-swept-the-world-in-1968-it-started-in-vietnam-then-blew/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Every night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-night/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/tariq-ali-2958_every-night_a-storm-swept-the-world-in-1968-it-start_3146126.jpg) > [What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/what-we-are-seeing-in-turkey-is-a-non-uniformed-authoritarian-regime/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/tariq-ali-2958_country_what-we-are-seeing-in-turkey-is-a-non-un_2350416.jpg) > [An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/an-act-of-unilateral-nuclear-disarmament-by-a-european-power-would/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/tariq-ali-2958_always_an-act-of-unilateral-nuclear-disarmament_2565209.png) > [Dear old al-Maarri was a great skeptic poet. He wrote a parody of the Koran, and his friends would tease him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/dear-old-al-maarri-was-a-great-skeptic-poet-he-wrote-a-parody-of-the/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/tariq-ali-2958_als_dear-old-al-maarri-was-a-great-skeptic-p_424332.png) > [The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-internet-has-been-an-invaluable-acquisition-i-wonder-how-we-would/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Acquisition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/tariq-ali-2958_acquisition_the-internet-has-been-an-invaluable-acqu_2081854.png) > [I think another crisis, which is being predicted now and which will be worse than what we saw in 2008, could bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-another-crisis-which-is-being-predicted-now-and-which-will-be/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Crisis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crisis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/tariq-ali-2958_crisis_i-think-another-crisis-which-is-being-pr_91542.png) > [The European Union is a union of the extreme center. It's a banker's union. You see how they operate in country after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-european-union-is-a-union-of-the-extreme-center-it-s-a-banker-s/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Bankers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bankers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/tariq-ali-2958_bankers_the-european-union-is-a-union-of-the-ext_1037278.png) > [At the time of German Reunification, it was no secret that Germany would soon become the strongest political entity in the European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/at-the-time-of-german-reunification-it-was-no-secret-that-germany/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/tariq-ali-2958_entity_at-the-time-of-german-reunification-it-w_2377945.png) > [There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/there-are-of-course-deeply-sincere-people-of-religion-in-different/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Conflict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conflict/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/tariq-ali-2958_conflict_there-are-of-course-deeply-sincere-peopl_1805805.jpg) > [As a candidate, Obama projected himself as a new Reagan, above narrow party politics. He wanted to please all but has ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/as-a-candidate-obama-projected-himself-as-a-new-reagan-above-narrow/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/tariq-ali-2958_annoying_as-a-candidate-obama-projected-himself-a_2738789.png) > [In 1962, President Kennedy expanded an earlier trade embargo put in place by a predecessor, President Eisenhower, to a total economic blockade,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-1962-president-kennedy-expanded-an-earlier-trade-embargo-put-in/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Direction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/direction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/tariq-ali-2958_direction_in-1962-president-kennedy-expanded-an-ea_3163716.jpg) > [The "coalition against terrorism" means the United States. It does not wish anyone else to interfere with its strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-coalition-against-terrorism-means-the-united-states-it-does-not/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Coalition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coalition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/tariq-ali-2958_coalition_the-coalition-against-terrorism-means-th_3062673.png) > [The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-origins-of-indian-classical-music-not-unlike-their-western/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Classical music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classical-music/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/tariq-ali-2958_classical-music_the-origins-of-indian-classical-music-no_3080513.png) > [The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-united-states-is-now-the-empire-there-isn-t-an-empire-there-s-the/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Empire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/tariq-ali-2958_empire_the-united-states-is-now-the-empire-ther_1375072.png) > [American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/american-imperialism-has-always-been-the-imperialism-that-has-been/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [American imperialism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-imperialism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/tariq-ali-2958_american-imperialism_american-imperialism-has-always-been-the_5881.png) > [I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-don-t-regret-what-i-did-in-the-sixties-i-was-young-and-took-myself/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/tariq-ali-2958_myself_i-don-t-regret-what-i-did-in-the-sixties_821879.png) > [The war in Afghanistan, the first war of the twenty-first century, shows the United States doing what it wants to do, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-war-in-afghanistan-the-first-war-of-the-twenty-first-century/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/tariq-ali-2958_afghanistan_the-war-in-afghanistan-the-first-war-of_307984.png) > [In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-the-west-since-the-collapse-of-communism-and-the-fall-of-the/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/tariq-ali-2958_casting_in-the-west-since-the-collapse-of-commun_3167130.png) > [I've called David Cameron worse things than joker…and a former Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely referred to as a war criminal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-ve-called-david-cameron-worse-things-than-joker-and-a-former-prime/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/tariq-ali-2958_joker_i-ve-called-david-cameron-worse-things-t_1007342.png) > [Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/those-who-really-value-ukrainian-sovereignty-should-opt-for-real/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/tariq-ali-2958_freedom_those-who-really-value-ukrainian-soverei_1344493.png) > [To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/to-dissociate-politicians-from-capitalists-is-slightly-disingenuous/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Capitalists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalists/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/tariq-ali-2958_capitalists_to-dissociate-politicians-from-capitalis_1314745.png) > [I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-do-think-the-cubans-have-to-change-some-of-the-political-structures/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Accountability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accountability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/tariq-ali-2958_accountability_i-do-think-the-cubans-have-to-change-som_1509949.jpg) > [As a political current, Maoism was always weak in Britain, confined largely to students from Asia, Africa and Latin America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/as-a-political-current-maoism-was-always-weak-in-britain-confined/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Africa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/africa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/tariq-ali-2958_africa_as-a-political-current-maoism-was-always_1883491.jpg) > [There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/there-was-a-good-moment-in-islam-when-people-were-actually/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/tariq-ali-2958_authority_there-was-a-good-moment-in-islam-when-pe_3120728.png) > [When Pakistan was carved out of India's rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood's Muslim stars would defect to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/when-pakistan-was-carved-out-of-india-s-rib-in-1947-it-was-assumed-by/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Bollywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bollywood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/tariq-ali-2958_bollywood_when-pakistan-was-carved-out-of-india-s_1061957.png) > [How we live our lives does not,unfortunately depend on us alone.Circumstances,good or bad,constantly intervene.A person close to us die.A person not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/how-we-live-our-lives-does-not-unfortunately-depend-on-us-alone/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/tariq-ali-2958_circumstances_how-we-live-our-lives-does-not-unfortuna_1561350.png) > [Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/indian-classical-music-was-born-when-time-barely-existed-it-developed/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/tariq-ali-2958_born_indian-classical-music-was-born-when-tim_1684752.png) > [One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/one-cannot-discuss-europe-without-understanding-us-imperial-hegemony/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Europe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/europe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/tariq-ali-2958_europe_one-cannot-discuss-europe-without-unders_164106.png) > [An independent Scotland could be far more internationalist and would benefit a great deal from links to both Scandinavia and states in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/an-independent-scotland-could-be-far-more-internationalist-and-would/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/tariq-ali-2958_could_an-independent-scotland-could-be-far-mor_2870049.png) > [The current Eurozone is obviously dysfunctional. And serious people within Germany and elsewhere know this to be the case and know things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-current-eurozone-is-obviously-dysfunctional-and-serious-people/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/tariq-ali-2958_cases_the-current-eurozone-is-obviously-dysfun_2221445.png) > [I am fully aware of the concept of political revolutions. 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