Tariq Ali famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.
-- Tariq Ali

#Simple #Government #Citizens
There are different versions of Islam... it is meaningless to claim to speak in the name of a â€˜realâ€™ Islam.
-- Tariq Ali

#Real #Names #Islam
We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.
-- Tariq Ali

#Sacred #World #Illusion
To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical and ruthless, will not further the cause of justice or bring about a meaningful democracy. It can only prolong the cycle of violence.
-- Tariq Ali

#Meaningful #Fighting #Justice
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 close to us carries on living.All these things affect how we live.
-- Tariq Ali

#Doe #Circumstances #Persons
Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception.
-- Tariq Ali

#Tragedy #Void #Events
Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting.
-- Tariq Ali

#Rejects
That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting the official political culture.
-- Tariq Ali

#Country #Reality #Political
This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.
-- Tariq Ali

#Lying #Heart #Order
Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.
-- Tariq Ali

#Yellow #Jelly #Politician
It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.
-- Tariq Ali

#Rights #Civil Rights #Disobedience

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