Tariq Ali

"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."

"Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting."

"The government of the US has no moral authority to elect itself as the judge over human rights in Cuba, where there has not been a single case of disappearance, torture or extra-judicial execution since 1959, and where despite the economic blockade, there are levels of health, education and culture that are internationally recognised."

"We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane."

"Stupidity knows no bounds, especially when fuelled by narcissism and a tongue laced with demagogy. There is no other way to describe George Galloways absurd and offensive suggestion that Bradford should impose a total ban on Israeli tourists."

"Hamass atrocities, as they call it[, was] not something I would support, but in the middle of a liberation war that has been going on for nearly three decades its a bit difficult for us sitting here to give concrete advice on tactics."

"Every time the Palestinians have tried non-violence it has failed. [Since October 7] theres been a huge shift. Why? Because the resistance has resumed."

"What accounts, then, for his elevation to a cult figure?"

"I did, however, wonder aloud as to why it was that those who treated the Quran as a divine monopoly in Pakistan, the Jamaat-i-Islami, were also on the payroll of the American embassy. This led to a loud roar of approval and chants of ‘Death to the hired mercenaries’, etc."

"One could add that the manufactured love for Churchill, and the uses made of him, came to embody the nostalgia for an Empire that was long gone."

"... importance of the Falklands conflict in re-launching Churchill."

"One of the worst criminals Europe ever produced was Leopold of Belgium, whose ownership of and brutalities in the Congo led to the deaths of several million Africans."