I would therefore abolish the monarchy and House of Lords, dispossess ... the public schools and Oxford and Cambridge; end the regimental system in t… - Paul Johnson

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I would therefore abolish the monarchy and House of Lords, dispossess ... the public schools and Oxford and Cambridge; end the regimental system in the army ... disestablish the Church; replace the Inns of Court ... abolish the Honours List. What is more, we should take the offensive on all these fronts simultaneously: for if the apostles of social change eschew violence, they must embrace speed. Our society is a many-headed hydra: it is no use chopping off the heads singly, for while you are dealing with the second or third, the first will grow again.

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About Paul Johnson

Paul Bede Johnson (2 November 1928 – 12 January 2023) was an English journalist, historian, speechwriter and author.

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Birth Name: Paul Bede Johnson
Alternative Names: Paul Jonson
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Una notable serie de dictámenes de los sabios dice: La salvación de la vida de un hombre tiene prioridad sobre la de una mujer [...] Cubrir la desnudez de una mujer tiene prioridad sobre la de un hombre. El rescate de una mujer tiene prioridad sobre el de un hombre. Un hombre que corre peligro de ser forzado a la sodomía tiene prioridad sobre una mujer que corre peligro de violación.

Jesus was a learned Jew who said that learning was not necessary, who took the spirit and not the letter as the essence of the Law and who thus embraced the unlearned, the ignorant, the despised, the am ha-arez, made them indeed his special constituency.

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