George Orwell Quote

And in the general hardening of outlook that set in... practices which had been long abandoned... -- imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions, the use of hostages and the deportation of whole populations -- not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.

1984 (ed. Digital Deen Publications, 2017)