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.

Unlike memory, which confirms and reinforces itself, history contributes to the disenchantment of the world.

I don't believe that one should have one-size-fits-all moral rules for international political action.

We are not merely historians but also and always citizens.

The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still a culture of deference, whereas in the 70s we really are in a time of angry transition. The generation that came into young adulthood in the 70s couldn't find jobs; that wasn't true in my generation. They entered a time when two depressing things hit them both at the same time.

We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of an excessively divided society, divided by wealth, by opportunity, by outcome, by assets and so forth.

I don't much mind being expelled from communities.