Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.
George OrwellAll tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George OrwellPolitical writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable result of self-censorship. To write in plain, vigorous language one has to think fearlessly, and if one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox.
George Orwell