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The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

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In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, foll...more

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Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the...more

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The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow thei...more

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There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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As for the problem of overproduction, which has been latent in our society since the development of the machine technique, it is solved by the device ...more

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Hitherto, the rights and wrongs had seemed so beautifully simple.

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And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp.

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The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour. A...more

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When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods...more

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The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fe...more

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War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common int...more

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...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

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The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or...more