Quotes by Tony Judt

44 quotes found

Historian · English · 1948–2010

English historian (1948–2010)

Wikipedia

Common Themes

society historians historical-truth history history-matters honesty social-awareness truth Good World Myself People military nation constitution ideals right wrong Learn Reason Time Ideas History American Life Balance Live Society Free Lost

“The post-1945 urge for change went well beyond the provision of welfare. The years following World War Two were a sort of foreshortened Age of Reform, during which many long-pressing problems were ...”
— Tony Judt

“Statesmen whose experience reached back beyond the troubled inter-war decades to the more settled and self-confident era before 1914 thus had a particular attraction. In the continuity of their per...”
— Tony Judt

“The logic of the Marshall Plan required the lifting of all restrictions upon (West) German production and output, so that the country might once again make its crucial contribution to the European ...”
— Tony Judt

“In fact, Yalta left the truly important issue—arrangements for post-war Germany—off the table precisely because it was so important and intractable. And it is unlikely that the Western leaders coul...”
— Tony Judt