Confidence Quote by Tony Judt

The '60s were a time of great optimism and hope. There was a buzz - everybody could be successful.

— Dave Clark

The '60s were a disaster in terms of social policy. The elites put in place a whole set of reforms which I think fundamentally…

— Charles Murray

The '60s was a time of unthinkabilities.

— Mike Love

The '60s was the end of the America that the rest of the world liked.

— Julie Newmar

People are always asking me about the '60s, like I should be some sort of expert. It's like being in the middle of a…

— Rita Tushingham

The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the status quo…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“By the late 1950s millions of Americans were enjoying the bounties of affluence and the consumer culture, the likes of which they had scarcely…

— James T. Patterson

You may think things didn't change much after the 60s 'revolution' - but they did. The levels of prescriptive disapproval for anyone who stepped…

— Vashti Bunyan

In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.

— Tariq Ali

“Their expectations, however, had grown grand indeed, and they were impatient. Increasingly, they sought not only benefits but also guarantees and entitlements. The rise…

— James T. Patterson

What gets called 'the sixties' left a mixed legacy and a lot of divides. But it opened everything to question, and what seems the…

— Rebecca Solnit

The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public,…

— Greil Marcus