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> [At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/at-a-certain-point-one-ceases-to-defend-a-certain-view-of-history-one/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

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## More by E. P. Thompson

> [I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-have-become-a-prisoner-of-the-peace-movement-but-you-can-t-say-that/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/this-going-into-europe-will-not-turn-out-to-be-the-thrilling-mutual/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/could-i-interrupt-here-because-there-is-an-alternative-explanation/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/you-know-as-a-scientist-that-both-were-developed-completely/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [I do not see class as a 'structure', nor even as a 'category', but as something which in fact happens (and can be shown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-do-not-see-class-as-a-structure-nor-even-as-a-category-but-as/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [The missiles come first, and the justifications come second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/the-missiles-come-first-and-the-justifications-come-second/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/we-must-not-look-at-the-past-with-the-enormous-condescension-of/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [I 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-think-that-the-u-s-does-have-this-very-much-more-open-attitude-and/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-don-t-care-tuppence-whether-i-m-forced-into-a-leadership-position/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [The readings of Soviet society are as many as the experts you speak to. In my view, it's a society that is overdue for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/the-readings-of-soviet-society-are-as-many-as-the-experts-you-speak/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/there-is-not-a-thought-that-is-being-thought-in-the-west-or-the-east/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/there-are-no-european-voices-at-geneva-there-are-no-european-voices/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-think-you-will-find-scientists-that-think-like-you-in-germany-and/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-am-convinced-that-we-are-in-a-terminal-process/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

> [The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/the-talk-about-balance-nuclear-balance-seems-to-me-to-be-metaphysical/)

[E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/)

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