Daily quote by E. P. Thompson

• We are going to stop those piffling cruise missiles, you know, on land if not on sea. What we have to do is seize this moment of mass consciousness to move directly into the structures of the Cold War themselves, the blocs behind the missiles. We have to keep to some very large and simple ideas – like remaking Europe and putting peace and liberty together... This is the most serious political work I have ever done or will ever do in my life. It won't last long. If we succeed a little, the politicians will move in and take it off us.
  • Letter to a friend (1981), quoted in Mary Kaldor, ‘Obituary: E. P. Thompson’, The Independent (30 August 1993)