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 things only in order to assure themselves that they possess opinions and ideas that are different… — 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
