All Paul Johnson Quotes
- A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures. Animal
- Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it. Ended
- In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication… Abdication
- 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… Africa
- 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,… Age
- 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 solar… Destruction
- In the long term, it is desirable that the human race, faced with the prospect of extinction on Earth, should prepare an escape route for… Desirable
- The image of the scientist who puts the pursuit of truth before anything else has been shattered and replaced by a man on the make… Any
- It would be wrong to say I enjoy having rows, because that would be un-Christian. If people attack me, then I respond, or if they… Attack
- 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 is… Anti
- What strikes the historian surveying anti-Semitism worldwide over more than two millennia is its fundamental irrationality. It seems to make no sense, any more than… Anti
- In all its myriad manifestations, the language of anti-Semitism through the ages is a dictionary of non-sequiturs and antonyms, a thesaurus of illogic and inconsistency. Ages
- Like many physical diseases, anti-Semitism is highly infectious, and can become endemic in certain localities and societies. Though a disease of the mind, it is… Anti
- Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools… Attended
- Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them. Democracy
- At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most… Careers
- The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth. Both
- Where the quest for knowledge is relatively, and now almost absolutely, unrestrained, the public benefit will be great, especially where the certainty of the law… Absolutely
- Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range… Ability