“In peace one is despoiled by the mercenaries, in war by one's enemies.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.”
― The Road to Wigan Pier
― The Road to Wigan Pier
“For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
“Except for the small revolutionary groups which exist in all countries, the whole world was determined upon preventing revolution in Spain. In particular the Communist Party, with Soviet Russia behind it, had thrown its whole weight against the revolution. It was the Communist thesis that revolution at this stage would be fatal and that what was to be aimed at in Spain was not workers' control, but bourgeois democracy. It hardly needs pointing out why 'liberal' capitalist opinion took the same line.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
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