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Timothy Garton Ash

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in London, The United Kingdom

July 12, 1955

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Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Much of his work has been concerned with the late modern and contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually | Timothy Garton Ash

If the UK wants to regain serious respect in the world, it needs its European leg as well as its transatlantic one

“A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the president should be prepared for that.” Thus spoke Hugh Grant, playing the British prime minister confronting the US president in

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	Homelands: A Personal History of Europe 4.24 avg rating — 1,776 ratings — published 2023 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The File: A Personal History 3.82 avg rating — 1,320 ratings — published 1997 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague 3.76 avg rating — 1,219 ratings — published 1990 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World 3.96 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s 3.98 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West 3.64 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade without a Name 3.73 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Polish Revolution: Solidarity 4.07 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uses of Adversity: Essays on the Fate of Central Europe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent 3.76 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.”
― Timothy Garton Ash

tags: censorship, free-speech, freedom-of-speech, internet, respect

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“A cél pedig nem az, hogy mindenben egyetértsünk - ennek még a gondolatát is el kell vetni -, hanem az, hogy pontosan megegyezzünk abban, miképpen nem értünk egyet.”
― Timothy Garton Ash, Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

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“Ha nem tudjuk kifejezni gondolatainkat és érzéseinket, akkor emberi mivoltunkat sem tudjuk egészében megélni. Ha nem hallhatjuk és láthatjuk embertársaink érzéseit és gondolatait, akkor soha nem fogjuk megérteni, mit jelent másvalakinek lenni.”
― Timothy Garton Ash, Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

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