The Left as a whole failed to foresee the rise of Fascism and failed to grasp that the Nazis were dangerous even when they were on the verge of seizing power. To appreciate the danger of Fascism the Left would have had to admit its own shortcomings, which was too painful; so the whole phenomenon was ignored or misinterpreted, with disastrous results.

So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their o…

The most one can say is that people can be fairly good prophets when their wishes are realizable. But a truly objective approach is almost impossible, because …

Between them these two books sum up our present predicament. Capitalism leads to dole queues, the scramble for markets, and war. Collectivism leads to concentr…

The tragedy in the long history of the German people is that it has seldom had real leaders. Not that it lacked military leadership. What was lacking was polit…

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.

From what I have already seen of the workings of the Soviet Government, I can only say that anybody who lifts his hand against it ought to be shot! It is the g…