In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings and aristocrats and the priests, lawyers and the like who were parasitical upon them, and it had generally been softened by promises of an imaginary world beyond the grave.
George OrwellPatriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same.
George OrwellThe real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
George OrwellPolitically, 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 Orwell