Paul Bede Johnson, (1928-) English journalist, popular historian, speechwriter, and author Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-7] of 7 Paul Bede Johnson quotesPaul Bede Johnson QuotesPaul Bede Johnson 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 Bede Johnson Throughout history, the attachment of even the humblest people to their freedom…has come as an unpleasant shock to condescending ideologues.~ Paul Bede Johnson The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance.~ Paul Bede Johnson Every good historian is almost by definition a revisionist. He looks at the accepted view of a particular historic episode or period with a very critical eye.~ Paul Bede Johnson 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 Bede Johnson If you depart from moral absolutes, you go into a bottomless pit. Communism and Naziism were catastrophic evils which both derived from moral relativism. Their differences were minor compared to their similarities.~ Paul Bede Johnson If you depart from moral absolutes, you go into a bottomless pit. Communism and Nazism were catastrophic evils which both derived from moral relativism. Their differences were minor compared to their similarities.~ Paul Bede Johnson Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print