If You Are A Man, Winston, You

To Be Corrupted By Totalitarianism, One Does Not Have To Live In A Totalitarian Country.

The Most Effective Way To Destroy People Is To Deny And Obliterate Their Own Understanding Of Their History.

The Energy That Actually Shapes The World Springs From Emotions - Racial Pride, Leader-worship, Religious Belief, Love Of War - Which Liberal Intellectuals Mechanically Write Off As Anachronisms, And Which They Have Usually Destroyed So Completely In Themselves As To Have Lost All Power Of Action.

Politically, Swift Was One Of Those People Who Are Driven Into A Sort Of Perverse Toryism By The Follies Of The Progressive Party Of The Moment.

Perhaps A Lunatic Was Simply A Minority Of One.