[Political] prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

We have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious!

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language

The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling.