To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.

Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial

Sanity was statistical. It was merely a question of learning to think as they thought.

The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave. They owned all the land, all the houses, all the factories, and all the money. If anyone disobeyed them they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him to death. When any ordinary person spoke to a capitalist he had to cringe and bow to him, and take off his cap and address him as 'Sir'

The Communism of the English intellectual is something explicable enough. It is the patriotism of the deracinated.

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.

Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?" The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.