

“Whenever all men are...hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters

“Nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters

“In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man

“The game is to have them all running about with fire extinguishers when there is a flood, and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gunwale under.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters

“By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
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