Society Quotes

War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever. And remember that it is for ever.
The face will always be there to be stamped upon.
The heretic, the enemy of society, will always be there, so that he can be defeated and humiliated over again.

Her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

If you run with the pack, bark or no, but wag your tail.

You had to live--did live, from habit that became instinct--in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.

In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.