National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.

National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.