George Orwell Quotes
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are only 'doing their duty'
Orwell, George. The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius. Secker and Warburg, 1941, p. 9.
The most important weapons of the time involved gunpowder or other explosives, and the chemist was the most important weapons maker until the middle of the 20th century when a weapons system was first designed that did not use chemical explosives—nuclear weapons. Then the physicists became predominant.
The Senator was an Army sergeant fighting in Europe during WWII. He and a unit of Japanese American had volunteered to fight for America at the same time as many other Japanese Americans – American Citizens -- on the West Coast were interned in camps and denied the very rights we were fighting to preserve. The internment was one of the most regrettable mistakes in American history.
Cunningham was part of an American Diplomatic Delegation negotiating with the Vietnamese. He had been an Naval Ace Fighter Pilot during the Vietnam War. He was notorious for his lack of tact.
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
