The Word Fascism Has Now No Meaning

The Fact Is That Every War Suffers A Kind Of Progressive Degradation With Every Month That It Continues, Because Such Things As Individual Liberty And A Truthful Press Are Simply Not Compatible With Military Efficiency.

News Is Something Somebody Doesn't Want Printed; All Else Is Advertising.

In All The Useful Arts The World Is Either Standing Still Or Going Backwards.

Actions Are Held To Be Good Or Bad, Not On Their Own Merits, But According To Who Does Them. There Is Almost No Kind Of Outrage-torture, Imprisonment Without Trial, Assassination, The Bombing Of Civilians-which Does Not Change Its Moral Color When It Is Committed By 'our' Side. The Nationalist Not Only Does Not Disapprove Of Atrocities Committed By His Own Side, He Has A Remarkable Capacity For Not Even Hearing About Them.

One Wants To Live, Of Course, Indeed One Only Stays Alive By Virtue Of The Fear Of Death.