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Paul Johnson has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
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Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
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To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.
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The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions,…
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A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.
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This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with…
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Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth
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I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could…
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Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
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When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.
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Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
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Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.
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It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
— Harry Browne
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The first casualty when war comes is truth.
— Unknown Author
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In time of war the first casualty is truth.
— Unknown Author
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...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to…
— Alec Douglas-Home
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The…
— L. Neil Smith
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When war is declared, truth is the first casualty
— Unknown Author
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In war the first casualty is the truth.
— Aeschylus
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Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
— Jeff Greenfield
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If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed…
— Michael Franti
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Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.
— Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
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In war, truth is often the first casualty.
— Winston Churchill
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They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of…
— Alexander Cockburn
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