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Paul Johnson quotes: As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents ...

As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents ...

Paul Johnson quotes: If we want foxes, to observe and delight in, we must have hunting.

If we want foxes, to observe and delight in, we must have hunting.

Paul Johnson quotes: Would you like a little Sheesh with that Whine?

Would you like a little Sheesh with that Whine?

Paul Johnson quotes: Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

Paul Johnson quotes: The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with them.

The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with them.

Paul Johnson quotes: At Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 30 May 1921, fifty whites and two hundred blacks were murdered.

At Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 30 May 1921, fifty whites and two hundred blacks were murdered.

Paul Johnson quotes: The ancient writers were not merely convinced of Moses' existence: they saw him as one of the formative figures of world history.

The ancient writers were not merely convinced of Moses' existence: they saw him as one of the formative figures of world history.

Paul Johnson quotes: To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.

To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.

Paul Johnson quotes: Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

Paul Johnson quotes: There are no inevitabilities in history

There are no inevitabilities in history

Paul Johnson quotes: The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.

The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.

Paul Johnson quotes: Confusion has always surrounded Rousseau's political ideas because he was in many respects an inconsistent and contradictory

Confusion has always surrounded Rousseau's political ideas because he was in many respects an inconsistent and contradictory

Paul Johnson quotes: When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

Paul Johnson quotes: It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

Paul Johnson quotes: inside the angry man a fearful one cowered.

inside the angry man a fearful one cowered.

Paul Johnson quotes: In 1924 Mao took a Chinese friend, newly arrived from Europe, to see the notorious sign in the Shanghai park, 'Chinese and Dogs Not Allowed'.

In 1924 Mao took a Chinese friend, newly arrived from Europe, to see the notorious sign in the Shanghai park, 'Chinese and Dogs Not Allowed'.

Paul Johnson quotes: The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless.

The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless.

Paul Johnson quotes: I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.

I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.

Paul Johnson quotes: Not interested in food or drink, he ate his meals, if he had any choice in the matter, in ten minutes and never caroused. No one ever saw him drunk.

Not interested in food or drink, he ate his meals, if he had any choice in the matter, in ten minutes and never caroused. No one ever saw him drunk.

Paul Johnson quotes: Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.

Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.

Paul Johnson quotes: Descartes' dictum: 'There is nothing so absurd or incredible that it has not been asserted by one philosopher or another.

Descartes' dictum: 'There is nothing so absurd or incredible that it has not been asserted by one philosopher or another.

Paul Johnson quotes: I've been having an affair, but I still believe in family values.

I've been having an affair, but I still believe in family values.

Paul Johnson quotes: The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

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.

A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.

Paul Johnson quotes: Hell is being trapped in a night-club with the'beautiful people'and forced to live in a'luxury penthouse flat'.

Hell is being trapped in a night-club with the'beautiful people'and forced to live in a'luxury penthouse flat'.

Paul Johnson quotes: He [Augustine] admitted: 'I am the sort of man who writes because he has made progress, and who makes progress by writing.'

He [Augustine] admitted: 'I am the sort of man who writes because he has made progress, and who makes progress by writing.'

Paul Johnson quotes: The Second World War took place not so much because no one won the First, but because the Versailles Treaty did not acknowledge this truth.

The Second World War took place not so much because no one won the First, but because the Versailles Treaty did not acknowledge this truth.

Paul Johnson quotes: As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.

As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.

Paul Johnson quotes: Shelley's love was deep, sincere, passionate, indeed everlasting-but it was always changing its object.

Shelley's love was deep, sincere, passionate, indeed everlasting-but it was always changing its object.

Paul Johnson quotes: For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.

For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.

Paul Johnson quotes: The century's most radical vice ... the notion that human beings can be shoveled around like concrete.

The century's most radical vice ... the notion that human beings can be shoveled around like concrete.

Paul Johnson quotes: I like that lady - Sarah Palin. She's great. I like the cut of her jib.

I like that lady - Sarah Palin. She's great. I like the cut of her jib.

Paul Johnson quotes: Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth

Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth

Paul Johnson quotes: The Revolution was a lesson in the power of evil to replace idealism, and Bonaparte was its ideal pupil.

The Revolution was a lesson in the power of evil to replace idealism, and Bonaparte was its ideal pupil.

Paul Johnson quotes: There were as many Jews as Greeks in the Roman empire, and a higher proportion of them were literate.

There were as many Jews as Greeks in the Roman empire, and a higher proportion of them were literate.

Paul Johnson quotes: Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.

Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.

Paul Johnson quotes: Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it.

Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge
- which quickly becomes outdated -
but in perpetually seeking it.

Paul Johnson quotes: Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

Paul Johnson quotes: A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.

A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.

Paul Johnson quotes: If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it.

If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it.

Paul Johnson quotes: Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

Paul Johnson quotes: John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him.

John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him.

Paul Johnson quotes: Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

Paul Johnson quotes: You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.