“Serious sport is war minus the shooting.”
War“There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.”
Intelligence“Serious sport is war minus the shooting.”
War“He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.”
God“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.”
Good“For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.”
Truth“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.”
Food“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
Happiness“There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.”
War“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
Freedom“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
Intelligence“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”
Future“Good writing is like a windowpane.”
Good“War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.”
War“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Men“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.”
Religion“Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.”
Power“Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.”
Best“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.”
Good“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Time“If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?”
Politics“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
Patriotism