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There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and

There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity.

Terry Eagleton

Justice, Humanity, Fairness

"Those in power are right to see multiculturalism as a threat" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2007.

There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.

Terry Eagleton

Humanity, Bows, Insolence

Terry Eagleton (2011). “Why Marx Was Right”, p.100, Yale University Press

The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

Terry Eagleton

Names, Humanity, Should

"The death of universities" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2010.

In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.

Terry Eagleton

Stress, Mean, Humanity

"The death of universities" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2010.