--- title: "Best Tariq Ali Quotations" 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 4 > [Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/scotland-s-political-identity-was-destroyed-and-a-huge-scottish/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tariq-ali-2958_america_scotland-s-political-identity-was-destro_28947.png) > [The hostility between India and Pakistan has become a habit to which both the elites have become addicted. Any attempt towards a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-hostility-between-india-and-pakistan-has-become-a-habit-to-which/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Habit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/tariq-ali-2958_habit_the-hostility-between-india-and-pakistan_2058601.png) > [If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/if-you-see-what-passes-as-the-news-on-the-networks-in-the-united/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/tariq-ali-2958_america_if-you-see-what-passes-as-the-news-on-th_2171041.png) > [We have populations now in the West with a very short memory span. One reason for this short memory span is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/we-have-populations-now-in-the-west-with-a-very-short-memory-span-one/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/tariq-ali-2958_bigs_we-have-populations-now-in-the-west-with_1630972.jpg) > [The whole history of the 20th century is a history of resistance groups which are either nationalist or, in large parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-whole-history-of-the-20th-century-is-a-history-of-resistance/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/tariq-ali-2958_20th-century_the-whole-history-of-the-20th-century-is_2239924.png) > ['Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/theogony-should-be-read-before-the-great-homeric-epics-because-it/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/tariq-ali-2958_great_theogony-should-be-read-before-the-great_928669.jpg) > [The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-human-voice-deployed-to-recite-the-vedas-and-later-aid-the-temple/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/tariq-ali-2958_human_the-human-voice-deployed-to-recite-the-v_2112766.png) > [The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-weakness-in-traditional-scottish-nationalism-lay-in-its-own/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/tariq-ali-2958_freedom_the-weakness-in-traditional-scottish-nat_2103768.png) > [In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-many-parts-of-the-world-including-the-arab-world-the-latin/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Arab world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/tariq-ali-2958_arab-world_in-many-parts-of-the-world-including-the_2097679.jpg) > [Terror breeds terror. I am completely opposed to both state terror and those who respond in a similar way. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/terror-breeds-terror-i-am-completely-opposed-to-both-state-terror-and/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Israel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/tariq-ali-2958_israel_terror-breeds-terror-i-am-completely-opp_2388520.png) > [Journalists go to press briefings at the Ministry of Defense in London or the Pentagon in Washington, and no critical questions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/journalists-go-to-press-briefings-at-the-ministry-of-defense-in/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/tariq-ali-2958_briefing_journalists-go-to-press-briefings-at-the_2563729.png) > [The main implication is a remapping of the world in line with American policy and American interests. Natural resources are limited, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-main-implication-is-a-remapping-of-the-world-in-line-with/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/tariq-ali-2958_climate_the-main-implication-is-a-remapping-of-t_1612686.png) > [The West and its media have barely covered the recent wave of repression in Turkey. The reason is simple. They are paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-west-and-its-media-have-barely-covered-the-recent-wave-of/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Fearful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fearful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/tariq-ali-2958_fearful_the-west-and-its-media-have-barely-cover_314991.png) > [The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-patchwork-political-landscape-of-the-arab-world-the-client/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Colonialism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colonialism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/tariq-ali-2958_colonialism_the-patchwork-political-landscape-of-the_2801294.png) > [In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/in-many-parts-of-the-islamic-world-secular-forces-where-they-exist/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/tariq-ali-2958_behinds_in-many-parts-of-the-islamic-world-secul_3093592.jpg) > [Gamal Abdal Nasser, the nationalist leader of Egypt, was described by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as an Egyptian Hitler. Then it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/gamal-abdal-nasser-the-nationalist-leader-of-egypt-was-described-by/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [British](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/tariq-ali-2958_british_gamal-abdal-nasser-the-nationalist-leade_427152.png) > [I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-didn-t-know-a-thing-about-oxford-and-had-never-been-to-britain-my/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/tariq-ali-2958_army_i-didn-t-know-a-thing-about-oxford-and-h_3152513.png) > [I was never totally what we would now call 'politically correct,' even in my most militant phase. I always liked good food,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-was-never-totally-what-we-would-now-call-politically-correct-even/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/tariq-ali-2958_confidence_i-was-never-totally-what-we-would-now-ca_253173.png) > [I think Syriza and Podemos are very, very different from Sinn Féin in many ways, and so I wouldn't put all three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-syriza-and-podemos-are-very-very-different-from-sinn-f-in-in/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/tariq-ali-2958_cases_i-think-syriza-and-podemos-are-very-very_3056665.png) > [The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-greek-city-states-politicised-citizen-and-subject-creating/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/tariq-ali-2958_born_the-greek-city-states-politicised-citize_2983464.jpg) > [The real problem is the total capitulation of German social democracy to capitalism, reflected and symbolized by actual extreme center coalition governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-real-problem-is-the-total-capitulation-of-german-social-democracy/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/tariq-ali-2958_capitalism_the-real-problem-is-the-total-capitulati_543685.png) > [If you go to former Yugoslav states, the Balkan states, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the situation is dire. Not to mention Bosnia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/if-you-go-to-former-yugoslav-states-the-balkan-states-croatia-serbia/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Balkans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balkans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/tariq-ali-2958_balkans_if-you-go-to-former-yugoslav-states-the_2450660.png) > [Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socialists formed by the Russian revolution and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/ralph-miliband-was-a-socialist-intellectual-of-great-integrity-he/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/tariq-ali-2958_great_ralph-miliband-was-a-socialist-intellect_2959201.png) > [There are huge political problems in Germany, but German economic power is something which was bound to happen. The way out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/there-are-huge-political-problems-in-germany-but-german-economic/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/tariq-ali-2958_bounds_there-are-huge-political-problems-in-ger_2120299.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/#itemlist", "name": "Tariq Ali Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. 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