The book that really, really shaped my politics and has forever is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which is a novel based… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
“For in a struggle one must have both legs firmly planted on the earth. The Party had taught one how to do… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
[Arthur Koestler] wrote some other very interesting books, but that book - I mean, if I were teaching, I don't care what… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“...The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
There are books like Darkness at Noon, which from the prose standpoint I don't think is a perfect book. It has flaws.… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
I was less angry at [Carl] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“Though Rousseau writes about the General Will in terms of liberty, it is essentially an authoritarian instrument, an early adumbration of Lenin’s… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“What had he said to them? "I bow my knees before the country, before the masses, before the whole people...." And what… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image