George Orwell (c. 1903-1950)
“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.”
- From Homage to Catalonia (Chapter 12) written by George Orwell and edited by Adam Hochschild and Lionel Trilling (Mariner Books, 1969).
