I don't much mind being expelled from communities. Tony Judt communityexpelmind Change image and share on social
What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run. Tony Judt beneficialcharacteristicallycondition share on social
I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when. Tony Judt diequestion Change image and share on social
I've lost count of the interviews I've done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing. Tony Judt counthaveidea Change image and share on social
For Europe to play a part in the world on the scale of its wealth and its population and its capacities, Europe has to be united in some way, and Europe is not united. Tony Judt capacityeuropepart Change image and share on social
I do think we're on the edge of a terrifying world, and that many young people know that but don't know how to talk about it. Tony Judt edgepeopletalk Change image and share on social
If we have learned nothing else from the 20th century, we should at least have grasped that the more perfect the answer, the more terrifying its consequences. Incremental improvements upon unsatisfactory circumstances are the best that we can hope for, and probably all we should seek. Tony Judt 20thanswercentury 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
We have responsibilities for others, not just across space but across time. We have responsibilities to people who came before us. They left us a world of institutions, ideas or possibilities for which we, in turn, owe them something. One of the things we owe them is not to squander them. Tony Judt ideainstitutionleave share on social
