Quote by E.P. Thompson

"The making of the English working class was the making of a people, conscious of themselves as a class."

"One cannot be a historian of the 18th century without understanding something of its social character."

"History is not something distant and abstract. It is something we live and breathe every day."

"The poor have their own culture, their own values, their own way of looking at the world."

"Fear drives civilization. Without it, there is only chaos."

"Order through chaos. That's the only real answer."

"Politics and power corrupt when they're separated from purpose."

"The system isn't broken—it was built this way. We have to rebuild it."