I believe that if we think back to the period from F.D.R. through, let us say, Bush I, until the end of the Cold War, we lived through an artificial period in which American interests and European interests essentially dovetailed. Tony Judt americanartificialback share on social
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. Tony Judt clearcompensationcripple Change image and share on social
How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else? Tony Judt amendbegingeneration Change image and share on social
I think Bush was seen as someone who was disentangling America from the connections that it had with the outside world, that it found encumbering for domestic purposes. Tony Judt americabushconnection Change image and share on social
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. Tony Judt boseatpeople Change image and share on social
I don't believe in an afterlife. I don't believe in a single or multiple godhead. I respect people who do, but I don't believe it myself. Tony Judt afterlifegodheadmultiple Change image and share on social
I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community. Tony Judt comfortablecommunitycontroversial Change image and share on social
You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps. Tony Judt 20thcenturyeurope Change image and share on social
I'm not sure I've learned anything new about life; but I've had to think harder about death and what comes after for other people. Tony Judt deathhardhave Change image and share on social
I see myself as, first and above all, a teacher of history; next, a writer of European history; next, a commentator on European affairs; next, a public intellectual voice within the American left; and only then an occasional, opportunistic participant in the pained American discussion of the Jewish matter. Tony Judt affairamericancommentator share on social