Benjamin Britton’s Reviews > Animal Farm > Status Update

"Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favorite maxims, 'I will work harder' and 'Comrade Napoleon is always right'- maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own."

"In Beasts of England we expressed our longing for a better society in days to come. But that society has now been established. Clearly this song no longer has any purpose."

"We will teach this miserable traitor that he cannot undo our work so easily. Remember, comrades, there must be no alteration on our plans: they shall be carried out to the day. Forward, comrades! Long live the windmill! Long live Animal Farm."

"He repeated it a number of times, 'Tactics, comrades, tactics!' skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions."

"Comrades!" He cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself."

"These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after."