“ Inequality, then, is not just unattractive in itself; it clearly corresponds to pathological social problems that we cannot hope to address unless we attend to their underlying cause. There is a reaso… Tony Judt
“ In the years following 1945 it seemed to most intelligent observers as though the Austrians had made a simple category error. Like so many of their fellow refugees, they had assumed that the condition… Tony Judt
“ In a certain sense the country of ‘Russia’ as such did not exist: it had for centuries been an empire, whether in fact or in aspiration. Spread across eleven time zones and encompassing dozens of diff… Tony Judt
“ However, for Keynes it had become self-evident that the best defense against political extremism and economic collapse was an increased role for the state, including but not confined to countercyclica… Tony Judt
“ George Kennan, the American diplomat, described the scene in his memoirs: ‘The disaster that befell this area with the entry of the Soviet forces has no parallel in modern European experience. There w… Tony Judt
“ En palabras de Sartre: «Ser libre no es hacer lo que uno quiere, sino en querer hacer lo que uno puede». Tony Judt
“ All five were profoundly shaken by the interwar catastrophe that struck their native Austria. Tony Judt
“ They were increasingly perceived as restrictions upon the self-expression and freedom of the individual. Tony Judt
“ In the arena of economic policy, the citizens of today’s democracies have learned altogether too much modesty. We have been advised that these are matters for experts: that economics and its policy im… Tony Judt
“ Dějiny nacismu – a vůbec všech forem totalitarismu – nelze plně pochopit, pokud je omezíme na vyprávění o zlých lidech, kteří se vědomě a záměrně dopouštějí zločinů s cílem páchat zlo Tony Judt
“ What, then, should we have learned from 1989? Perhaps, above all, that nothing is either necessary or inevitable. Tony Judt
“ Thinking ‘economistically’, as we have done now for thirty years, is not intrinsic to humans. Tony Judt
“ The narcissism of student movements, new Left ideologues and the popular culture of the ’60s generation invited a conservative backlash. Tony Judt
“ Selfishness is uncomfortable even for the selfish. Hence the rise of gated communities: the privileged don't like to be reminded of their privileges - if these carry morally dubious connotations. Tony Judt
“ Our problem is to work out a social organization which shall be as efficient as possible without offending our notions of a satisfactory way of life. —JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES Tony Judt
“ Odjet do Španělska bojovat za republiku bylo nesmírně lákavé. Byl to způsob, jak se stát antifašistou, v atraktivním prostředí se zapojit do společnosti čelící velmi prostým dilematům. Tony Judt
“ Namísto abychom veřejně přiznali potřebu určitého společenského vybavení (muzeí, sportovišť, veřejné dopravy), vyhýbáme se nepopulárnímu danění tím, že podobné výdaje kryjeme z loterií – jichž se v di… Tony Judt
“ Mladí důstojníci, s nimiž jsem byl v kontaktu, pocházeli především z metropolí a měst, ne z kibuců, a díky nim jsem pochopil, co jsem měl chápat už dávno: že sen o venkovském socialismu je právě jen s… Tony Judt
