If I were a teacher, I would recommend that all my students very hurriedly read most of Orwell's books, especially 1984 and Animal Farm, because then they'd begin to understand the world we live in.

Certainly, until there is justice for the Palestinians, there will never be any kind of stability in the Middle East.

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

What Nixon and Kissinger began, Pol Pot completed.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

It's quite clear that Gore won most of the votes. I think the accurate description for them is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.

More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers, former and future tyrants and assorted international criminals. This is virtually unknown to the American public, thanks to the freest media on earth.