The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and disinformation which they do tell us. These are already pre-digested, and then are sicked up as little gobbits of authorised spew. The columns of defense correspondents in the establishment sheets serve as the spittoons.
E. P. ThompsonAt a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.
E. P. ThompsonThe talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
E. P. ThompsonThe readings of Soviet society are as many as the experts you speak to. In my view, it's a society that is overdue for measures of democratization and organization.
E. P. Thompson