War is a way of shattering to pieces… materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent. – George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. – George Orwell
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell
I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. – George Orwell