The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

Quote by George Orwell

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War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give...

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give...

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.