The Superficial Distinctions Of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism,

Driving Jobholders Out Of Office Is Like The Old Discredited Policy Of Driving Prostitutes Out Of Town. Their Places Are Immediately Taken By Others Who Are Precisely Like Them.

Considered Now As A Possession, One May Define Culture As The Residuum Of A Large Body Of Useless Knowledge That Has Been Well And Truly Forgotten.

The Glossary Of Politics Is So Full Of Euphemistic Words And Phrases - As In The Nature Of Things It Must Be - That One Would Suppose Politicians Must Sometimes Strain Their Wits To Coin Them.

We Have Two Distinct Types Of Political Organization To Take Into Account; And Clearly, Too, When Their Origins Are Considered, It Is Impossible To Make Out That The One Is A Mere Perversion Of The Other. Therefore When We Include Both Types Under A General Term Like Government, We Get Into Logical Difficulties; Difficulties Of Which Most Writers On The Subject Have Been More Or Less Vaguely Aware, But Which, Until Within The Last Half-century, None Of Them Has Tried To Resolve.

The Practical Reason For Freedom Is That Freedom Seems To Be The Only Condition Under Which Any Kind Of Substantial Moral Fiber Can Be Developed - We Have Tried Law, Compulsion And Authoritarianism Of Various Kinds, And The Result Is Nothing To Be Proud Of.