Tony Judt quote

What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.
Tony Judt
Tony Judt
Born: Jan 2, 1948
Died: Aug 6, 2010

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Else, Beneficial, Tend, Well, Am, Go, Condition, False, Historical, Optimism, Either, Against, Notion, Things, Default

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