...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.

And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive.

[You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!

Do you know why you’re here? Shall I tell you why we brought you here? To cure you.To make you sane.