Paul Johnson Quotes

United Kingdom, Journalist
November 2, 1928

Paul Bede Johnson is an English journalist, popular historian, speechwriter, and author. While associated with the political left in his early career, he is now a conservative popular historian.

Also known as Historian, Author

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.

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- Words
- Writer
- Paper
The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless.

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There are no inevitabilities in history.

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

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- Courage
- Public
- Element
Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

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Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down.

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

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- Society
- Jew
- Flourish

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

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- Parent
- One
- Subversive
Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

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