"Totalitarianism, by definition, is rule by an elite, and it can only be understood as such."

"The only way to resist totalitarianism is to think."

"The difficulty in the way of thinking about evil is that it is not a thought-provoking phenomenon."

"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we see its final result. But it is c…"

"The greatest crimes in history are not committed by 'madmen' but by 'normal' people who simply obey orders."