Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of outrage-torture, imprisonment without trial, assassination, the bombing of civilians-which does not change its moral color when it is committed by 'our' side. The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
George OrwellThere is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language
George OrwellIf one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.
George OrwellShe was very young...she still expected something from life, she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing.
George Orwell