“War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.”
War“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 a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.”
War“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.”
Great“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Men“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Men“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
Best“No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.”
Equality“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.”
War“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Time“He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.”
God“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
Future“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“Good writing is like a windowpane.”
Good“To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.”
War“The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”
War“Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.”
Age“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.”
War“There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.”
Intelligence“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.”
Religion“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Good“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
Patriotism