“The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.”

“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.”

“Between pigs and human beings there was not and there need not be any clash of interest whatsoever.”

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”

“The notion that you can somehow defeat violence by submitting to it is simply a flight from fact. As I have said, it is only possible to people who have money and guns between themselves and reality.”