It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours.
George OrwellAnyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.
George OrwellIn places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to refuse a drink.
George OrwellThe upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.
George Orwell