Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we — Eric Hobsbawm
Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man’s telepathy — Eric Hobsbawm
The most lasting and universal consequence of the French revolution is the metric system — Eric Hobsbawm
As the global expansion of indian and chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against — Eric Hobsbawm
Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one — Eric Hobsbawm
There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals — Eric Hobsbawm
Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. — Eric Hobsbawm
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![[N]o serious historian of nations and nationalism can be a committed Eric Hobsbawm Picture Quote](https://www.idlehearts.com/images/no-serious-historian-of-nations-and-nationalism-can-be-a-committed.jpg?x85372 "[N]o serious historian of nations and nationalism can be a committed")
