"We no longer ask of a judicial ruling……" — Tony Judt

"We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them."

Act Quotes Answers Quotes Ask Quotes Better Quotes Better Society Quotes Better World Quotes Bring Quotes Easy Quotes Easy Answers Quotes Fair Quotes Good Quotes Help Quotes Help Bring Quotes Helping Quotes Invited Quotes Judicial Quotes Learn Quotes Legislative Quotes Legislative Act Quotes Longer Quotes Longer Ask Quotes Once Quotes Political Quotes Political Questions Quotes Pose Quotes Questions Quotes Questions Even Quotes Right Quotes Ruling Quotes Society Quotes Them Quotes They Invited Quotes Used Quotes World Quotes

59 Quotes by Tony Judt

Tony Judt has 59 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 59 quotes by Tony Judt »

More Act Quotes

This quote is filed under Act Quotes, one of 8,447 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

See all 8,447 Act Quotes »