In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness... Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books.

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes

The organizing principal for any culture is War.

You were the dead; theirs was the future.