The Wake-Up Call Quotes

“Just because something is useful, it does not mean we should give away freedoms to get it.”
― John Micklethwait, The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It

“In London, more people died of the virus in one four-week stretch in April than in the worst four weeks of the Blitz.”
― John Micklethwait, The Wake-Up Call: Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West - and how to fix it

“The arrival of the virus was like an examination of state capacity. A handful of Western countries passed. Germany was an outstanding performer in Europe, while Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and, surprisingly, Greece did well. New Zealand and Australia were champions on the Pacific rim. But most Western countries, particularly America and Britain, failed the test, humiliatingly so when compared with countries in Asia.”
― John Micklethwait, The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It