Will Johnson
Will Johnson
men essentials elements
Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
lying energy down-and
Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down.
writing careers creative
At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.
animal capitalist-economy venture
A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.
war self long
Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.
boys editors littles
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.
democracies-have enemy democracy
Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.
new-york book writing
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on Napoleon, 50,000 words - enjoyed doing that. He was a baddie. I did one on Churchill, which was a bestseller in New York, I'm glad to say. 50,000 words. He was a goodie.
important next willpower
Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
hunting foxes delight
If we want foxes, to observe and delight in, we must have hunting.
beautiful night luxury
Hell is being trapped in a night-club with the'beautiful people'and forced to live in a'luxury penthouse flat'.
religious believe political
If the decline of Christianity created the modern political zealot - and his crimes - so the evaporation of religious faith among the educated left a vacuum in the minds of Western intellectuals easily filled by secular superstition. There is no other explanation for the credulity with which scientists, accustomed to evaluating evidence, and writers, whose whole function was to study and criticize society, accepted the crudest Stalinist propaganda at its face value. They needed to believe; they wanted to be duped.
war fighting kgb
As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents...
fear people would-be
A Stalin functionary admitted, Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people were arrested only for specific misdemeanours, all the others would feel safe and so become ripe for treason.