Ronald Knox Quotes
A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Knowles, Elizabeth, editor. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 439.
When Moynihan was U. S. Chief Delegate he was chided by the Soviet delegate to "take care" for his strong rhetoric lest he offend other nations.
This was a clever take-off on the famous Marx quotation {584427}
The Japanese Government was in the control of ardent militarists intent on expanding the Japanese empire. They invaded Manchuria and had designs on China. The League of Nations was very weak, in large part because the United States had not joined when the Senate refused to ratify the treaty. So peace or war In Asia depended on the fascist, military clique that ruled Japan.
Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was an English Catholic priest, theologian, radio broadcaster, and author of detective stories. He is known for his "Ten Commandments" of Detective Fiction that describe a philosophy of writing in which the reader can participate, attempting to find a solution to the mystery before the fictional detective reveals it.
