We believe half-instinctively that evil always defeats itself in the long run. Pacifism is founded largely on this belief. Don't resist evil, and it will somehow destroy itself. But why should it? What evidence is there that it does... unless conquered from the outside by military force?
George OrwellFor weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage. The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running inside his head, literally for years.
George OrwellAll writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery.
George OrwellAll tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George Orwell