Quote by: Arthur Koestler

Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are as thoroughly exterminated as though the proclamation of the Rights of Man had never been. We have built up the most gigantic police apparatus, with informers made a national institution, and the most refined scientific system of political and mental torture. We whip the groaning masses of the country towards a theoretical future happiness, which only we can.


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Author Bio


  • NameArthur Koestler
  • DescriptionHungarian-British author and journalist
  • AliasesKösztler Artúr
  • BornSeptember 5, 1905
  • DiedMarch 3, 1983
  • CountryHungary; Austria
  • ProfessionWriter; Philosopher; Novelist; Journalist
  • WorksDarkness At Noon
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire