The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. – George Orwell
I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. – George Orwell
Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. – George Orwell
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. – Aldous Huxley