“...in our dreams we do not think differently, we remember differently.” — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
All the nationalists are wasms - except one, the most powerful of this century, indeed, of the entire democratic age, which is nationalism. — John Lukacs Copy Share
“It does not require much historical knowledge (though it may require a certain historical perspective) to see that many, if not all, of the… — John Lukacs Copy Share
Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but… — John Lukacs Copy Share
“About these developments George Orwell , in Nineteen Eighty-Four , was quite wrong. He described a new kind of state and police tyranny, under… — John Lukacs Copy Share
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course. — John Lukacs Copy Share
“When civilization is strong and widespread enough, "culture" will appear and take care of itself.” — John Lukacs Copy Share
There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don't really believe what they say, that they say certain… — John Lukacs Copy Share
“It was thus that in 1940 [Hitler] represented a wave of the future. His greatest reactionary opponent, Churchill, was like King Canute, attempting to… — John Lukacs Copy Share
“...science is the kind of sacred cow which theology was five hundred years ago…” — John Lukacs Copy Share
Populism is folkish, patriotism is not. One can be a patriot and a cosmopolitan. But a populist is inevitably a nationalist of sorts. Patriotism,… — John Lukacs Copy Share
“I am writing this because on that night of the tenth of May in the 1,940th year of Our Lord, Churchill stood for more… — John Lukacs Copy Share
