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We are not merely historians but also and always citizens.
Tony Judt
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Tony Judt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 2
Died: 2010
Died: August 6
Essayist
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London
England
Tony Robert Judt
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I don't believe in an afterlife. I don't believe in a single or multiple godhead. I respect people who do, but I don't believe it myself.
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I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.
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Unlike memory, which confirms and reinforces itself, history contributes to the disenchantment of the world.
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But I'm English. We don't do uplifting.
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