Mr Auden's brand of amoralism is only possible if you are the kind of person who is always somewhere else when the trigger is pulled. So much of left… - George Orwell

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing.

Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking the ball about, but is a species of fighting.

It seemed queer, in the barber's shop, to see the Anarchist notice still on the wall, explaining that tips were prohibited. "The Revolution has struck off our chains," the notice said. I felt like telling the barbers that their chains would soon be back on again if they didn't look out.