Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this. There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt, or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being, or it loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern.

You're only a rebel from the waist downwards,' he told her.

You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.