“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.”
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If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.