To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

Sanity is not statistical.

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi.

Preventive war is a crime not easily committed by a country that retains any traces of democracy.