If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
George OrwellIt is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.' 'Why not?' 'It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.
George OrwellCreeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind. For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics ... the more you are in the right (and) everybody else should be bullied into thinking otherwise.
George OrwellIt's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.
George Orwell