"The fact is that every war suffers..." - Quote by George Orwell
The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency.
More by George Orwell
“To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.”
“On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.”
“His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.”
More on Liberty
“There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.”
“It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" the unemployed can have who go hungry and cannot find utilization of their labor.”
“The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.”
More on Truth
“If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.”
“Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.”
“Insofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true.”