Johnson, Paul -- The Recovery of Freedom (1980)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false.

Paul Johnson (b. 1928) English journalist, historian, speechwriter, author
The Recovery of Freedom (1980)

Johnson, Paul -- The Recovery of Freedom (1980)

Dave — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:15:39 +0000

The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy, of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy.

Paul Johnson (b. 1928) English journalist, historian, speechwriter, author
The Recovery of Freedom (1980)

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Johnson, Paul -- The Recovery of Freedom (1980)

Johnson, Paul -- The Recovery of Freedom (1980)