الهدف من وراء كل حرب أن تصبح الدولة في وضعية أفضل لشن حرب أخرى!
George OrwellEl pasado es únicamente lo que digan los testimonios escritos y la memoria humana.
George OrwellO'Brien lo había torturado casi hasta enloquecerlo y era seguro que dentro de un rato le haría matar. Pero no importaba. En cierto sentido, más allá de la amistad, eran íntimos
George OrwellLa consigna de todos los despotismos era: "No harás esto o lo otro". La voz de mando de los totalitarios era: "Harás esto o aquello". Nuestra orden es: "Eres
George OrwellTe figuras que existe algo llamado la naturaleza humana, que se irritará por lo que hacemos y se volverá contra nosotros. Pero no olvides que nosotros creamos la naturaleza humana.
George OrwellOne way of feeling infallible is not to keep a diary
George OrwellNationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two different and even opposing ideas are involved. By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.
George OrwellTag: nationalism patriotism
Socialism does mean justice and liberty when the nonsense is stripped off it.
George OrwellIf a man cannot enjoy the return of spring, why should he be happy in a labour-saving Utopia?… I think that by retaining one’s childhood love of such things as trees, fishes, butterflies and…toads, one makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable.
George OrwellYet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British ruling class did all they could to hand Spain over to Franco and the Nazis. Why? Because they were pro-Fascist, was the obvious answer.
George OrwellTag: class fascism spain nazis british franco anti-fascism
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