The 59+ Tony Judt Quotes

I Don't Believe That One Should Have One-size-fits-all Moral Rules For International Political Action.

Today, Neither Left Nor Right Can Find Their Footing.

Words Can Make The Illness A Subject I Can Master, And Not One That One Simply Emotes Over.

I've Lost Count Of The Interviews I've Done About My Illness And Its Relationship To My Ideas And Writing.

I Can Still Boss People Around. I Can Still Write. I Can Still Read. I Can Still Eat, And I Can Still Have Very Strong Views.

It Does Irritate Me When I Am Described As A Controversialist And Commentator On Israel.

American Social Arrangements, Economic Arrangements, The Degree Of Inequality In American Life, The Relatively Small Role Played By The Government In American Public Life And So Forth, Compares To Exactly The Opposite Conditions In Most Of The European Societies.

If Words Fall Into Disrepair, What Will Substitute? They Are All We Have

Apparently, The Line You Take On Israel Trumps Everything Else In Life.

All Modern U.s. Presidents Are Perforce Politicians, Prisoners Of Their Past Pronouncements, Their Party, Their Constituency, And Their Colleagues.

I Was Born Accidentally. I Lived Accidentally In London. We Nearly Migrated To New Zealand. So Much Of My Life Has Been A Product Of Chance, I Can't See A Meaning In It At All.

There Is Nothing To Be Said For Being Crippled. You Don't See The World Better Or Clearer, Nor Do You Develop Some Special Set Of Skills By Way Of Compensation.