Paul Johnson Quotes

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• As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
• Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
• To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.
• The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to…
• A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.
• This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with a passion for…
• Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth
• I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could have become a…
• Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
• When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.
• Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
• Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.
• The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.
• 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 to…
• One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of energy,…
• Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.
• Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor.
• Marxism, Freudianism, global warming. These are proof - of which history offers so many examples - that people can be suckers on a grand scale.…
• Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around -…
• Mr. Obama would be a disheartening president even during a super boom, with his grim demeanor and empty rhetoric, as well as his obvious hatred…

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