--- title: "1 Jury Box Quotes By E. P. Thompson" description: "1 Jury Box quotes by E. P. Thompson. Plus more from E. P. Thompson and more Jury Box sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg" --- > [Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense of justice has gone one way, and the case another, they have found "against the evidence,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at-critical-moments-according/) [E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/e-p-thompson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Jury Box Quotes By E. P. 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