George Orwell, Animal Farm

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."

"Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly."

"Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly."

"This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half."