"Rebel with a cause: An interview with China’s most famous political cartoonist" in SAGE Journals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306422016657031a (29 June 2016)
Source: Reflections on the Failure of Socialism (1955), p. 18
“The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.”
"On Living with Dignity in China"
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems
“North Korea cannot normalize relations with the United States.”
2010s, Interview with Chad O'Carroll (2012)
The Captive Mind (1953)
Context: The pressure of an all-powerful totalitarian state creates an emotional tension in its citizens that determines their acts. When people are divided into "loyalists" and "criminals" a premium is placed on every type of conformist, coward, and hireling; whereas among the "criminals" one finds a singularly high percentage of people who are direct, sincere, and true to themselves.
“War is the normal state of the people.”
"Duce (1922-42)" in TIME magazine (August 2, 1943)
1940s
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
1961, Speech to Special Joint Session of Congress
Context: Military and economic assistance has been a heavy burden on our citizens for a long time, and I recognize the strong pressures against it; but this battle is far from over, it is reaching a crucial stage, and I believe we should participate in it. We cannot merely state our opposition to totalitarian advance without paying the price of helping those now under the greatest pressure. We cannot merely state our opposition to totalitarian advance without paying the price of helping those now under the greatest pressure.
