„He told Julia the story of his mother’s disappearance. Without opening her eyes she rolled over and settled herself into a more comfortable position.
‚I expect you were a beastly little swine in those days,‘ she said indistinctly. ‚All children are swine.‘“
Při obhajování aktuálně schválené novely skotského zákona o potírání projevů nenávisti, umožňující stíhání i těch, vyslovených v soukromí domova, argumentoval ministr spravedlnosti vzpomínkou z doby, kdy mu bylo šest let:
„In primary two, my best friend said to me one day, completely out the blue, ‚I can’t be your friend anymore‘. I remember being stunned and asked why and he said ‚because you’re a Paki‘…You don’t have six year old racists, he undoubtedly learned that at home from a parent or older sibling.“
„There are some people who believe that racism, intentionally stirred up, using threatening or abusive language which takes place at home with a child present, should not be prosecuted. My contention is the impact is the same whether it’s in the home or outwith the home.“
(Humza Yousaf, 11.3.2021)
Co na to říká Winston ?
„The family could not actually be abolished, and, indeed, people were encouraged to be fond of their children, in almost the old-fashioned way. The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police. It was a device by means of which everyone could be surrounded night and day by informers who knew him intimately.“