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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

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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 of their interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different from (and usually opposed to) theirs

Class, Experiences, Historical, Men, Notion, Shared

The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and disinformation which they do tell us. These are already pre-digested, and then are sicked up as little gobbits of authorised spew. The columns of defense correspondents in the establishment sheets serve as the spittoons.

Political, Secret, Spew, Spittoons, Truth

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

Enormous, History, Look, Looks, Past, Posterity

At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.

Certain, Defend, History, Views

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,". . . the English common law rests upon a bargain between the Law and the people: The jury box is where the people come into the court: The judge watches them and the people watch back. A jury is the place where the bargain is struck. The jury attends in judgment, not only upon the accused, but also upon the justice and the humanity of the Law.

Critical, Judging, Jurors, Jury, Justice, Law
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