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> [The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the ages of 20 and four-score I visited every country in Europe, all save two in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-only-thing-to-be-said-for-air-travel-is-speed-it-makes-possible/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

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> [Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/is-there-any-possibility-of-giving-international-air-travel-which-we/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Air travel

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## More by Paul Johnson

> [“Partly by accident, partly by instinct, partly by deliberate contrivance, he was the first intellectual systematically to exploit the guilt of the privileged. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/partly-by-accident-partly-by-instinct-partly-by-deliberate/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [ “The Salem \[witch\] trials…can be seen as an example of the propensity of the American people to be convulsed by spasms of self-righteous rage… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-salem-witch-trials-can-be-seen-as-an-example-of-the-propensity-of/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [“Much of Sartre’s time in the 1960s was spent travelling in China and the Third World, a term invented by the geographer Alfred Sauvy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/much-of-sartre-s-time-in-the-1960s-was-spent-travelling-in-china-and/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [ “He \[Augustine\] admitted: 'I am the sort of man who writes because he has made progress, and who makes progress by writing.' ” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/he-augustine-admitted-i-am-the-sort-of-man-who-writes-because-he-has/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power and liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-most-intimidating-world-leader-was-lyndon-johnson-who-became-u-s/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/democracy-has-many-enemies-and-the-terrorist-is-only-one-of-them/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [“Marx wrote about finance and industry all his life but he only knew two people connected with financial and industrial processes. One was his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/marx-wrote-about-finance-and-industry-all-his-life-but-he-only-knew/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [“When we are dealing with concepts like freedom and equality, it is essential to use words accurately and in good faith. So the eighth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/when-we-are-dealing-with-concepts-like-freedom-and-equality-it-is/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/margaret-thatcher-had-more-impact-on-the-world-than-any-woman-ruler/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/wisdom-lies-not-in-possessing-knowledge-which-quickly-becomes/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [The planet Earth, though not threatened with destruction by man-made global warming, is by no means indestructible. There are many unpredictable events within our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-planet-earth-though-not-threatened-with-destruction-by-man-made/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [“As Khrushchev put it, “He prodded the capitalist world with the tip of his bayonet.” He himself put it, “If I see a door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/as-khrushchev-put-it-he-prodded-the-capitalist-world-with-the-tip-of/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [“We must never forget that the settlement of what is now the United States was only part of a larger enterprise. And this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/we-must-never-forget-that-the-settlement-of-what-is-now-the-united/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [Where the quest for knowledge is relatively, and now almost absolutely, unrestrained, the public benefit will be great, especially where the certainty of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/where-the-quest-for-knowledge-is-relatively-and-now-almost-absolutely/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

> [If anti-Semitism is a variety of racism, it is a most peculiar variety, with many unique characteristics. In my view as a historian, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/if-anti-semitism-is-a-variety-of-racism-it-is-a-most-peculiar-variety/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

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