At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.
E. P. ThompsonI think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.
E. P. ThompsonI have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
E. P. ThompsonI don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
E. P. Thompson