Quotes on Political Language

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.