Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment.
George OrwellPreventive war is a crime not easily committed by a country that retains any traces of democracy.
George OrwellSince pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi.
George Orwell