Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“Hitler could not have succeeded against his many rivals if it had not been for the attraction of his own personality, which one can feel even in the clumsy writing of Mein Kampf, and which is no doubt overwhelming when one hears his speeches... I have reflected that I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him, but that I could feel no personal animosity... He is the martyr, the victim, Prometheus chained to the rock, the self-sacrificing hero who fights single-handed against impossible odds...”

George Orwell 1903 – 1950 CE
English, poet, humanist, apostle of doubt, and powerful political influence
from Review of Mein Kampf (1940)

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