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“I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.” quote by E. P. Thompson — Download Open image

“I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.”

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I do not see class as a 'structure', nor even as a 'category', but as something which in fact happens (and can be shown to have happened) in human relationships... the notion of class entails the notion of historical relationship. ...And class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences (inherited or shared), feel and articulate the identity…

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The missiles come first, and the justifications come second.

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We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity.

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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…

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There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind

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There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START.

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