Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. – George Orwell
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell
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. – George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. – George Orwell
Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words climate change in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. – Jeff Goodell