...the century's most radical vice... the notion that human beings can be shoveled around like concrete.
Paul JohnsonI 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 JohnsonThe richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals], which is deeply rooted in human nature.
Paul Johnson