Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

It had become usual to give Napoleon the Credit for every Successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune. You would often hear one hen remark to another, "Under the guidance of our leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days" or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim, "thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!".

History has to move in a certain direction, even if it has to be pushed that way by neurotics.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower?

Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.