In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.
There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.
Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.