Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

All left-wing parties in the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against something which they do not really wish to destroy. They have internationalist aims, and at the same time they struggle to keep up a standard of life with which those aims are incompatible. We all live by robbing Asiatic coolies, and those of us who are 'enlightened' all maintain that those coolies ought to be set free; but our standard of living, and hence our 'enlightenment,' demands that the robbery shall continue.

But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong.

The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.