Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in all cases.

The primary aim of modern warfare ... is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living.

In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

...the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

What happens to you here is forever.

The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.