When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth. Everyone's thought is forensic, everyone is simply putting a "case" with deliberate suppression of his opponent's point of view, and, what is more, with complete insensitiveness to any sufferings except those of himself and his friends.

All nationalistic distinctions - all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect - are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

[T]he more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

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

We have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious!