“…He saved them for their intrinsic interest, for instance because he opposed their content or intellectual orientation, or because they discussed issues of obvious importance. …”

“…The subjects also indicate how Hegedűs’ intellectual orientation changed over time. For instance, his interest in the peace movements - as the dates of the clippings show- can be identified from the early 1980s, while he started to focus on ecological problems from the second half of the decade. …”

“…The documents also prove that Hegedűs was involved in the preparatory work for the 1968 economic reforms, and the analysis of this topic, together with the problems of the social-political reform of the regime, remained a major intellectual challenge for him for the rest of his life. …”