9 “by all odds the most debated” – Daniel Kelly, James Burnham and the Struggle for the World: A Life (ISI Books, 2002), p. 97.
10 “very prescient” – Orwell, “The Christian Reformers”, Manchester Evening News, February 7, 1946, CW XVIII, 2877, p. 65.
11 “The theory of the managerial revolution” – James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World (John Day Company, Inc., 1941), p. 75.
12 “living in a world” – Ibid., p. 173.
13 “contempt for the common man” and “trying to spread the idea” – Orwell, “As I Please”, Tribune, January 14, 1944, CW XVI, 2404, p. 61.
14 “Nor have I ever stated” – James Burnham letter to Tribune, March 24, 1944, ibid., p. 62.
15 “We could all be true prophets” – Orwell reply to Burnham, ibid., p. 64.
16 “in such a way” – Orwell, CW IX, p. 41.
17 “Orwell business” – Kelly, p. 118.
18 “piece of shallow naughtiness” – Orwell, Review of The Machiavellians by James Burnham, Manchester Evening News, January 20, 1944, CW XVI, 2407, p. 74.
19 “a sort of fascinated admiration” – Orwell, “Second Thoughts on James Burnham”, Polemic, no. 3, May 1946, CW XVIII, 2989, p. 275.
20 “Burnham sees the trend” – Ibid., p. 280.
21 “three great super-States” – Orwell, “As I Please”, CW XVI, 2404, p. 61.
22 “huge, invincible, everlasting” – Orwell, “Second Thoughts on James Burnham”, CW XVIII, 2989, p. 283.
23 “primal traitor” – Orwell, CW XIX, p. 14.
24 “the longing for a just society” – Orwell, “Catastrophic Gradualism”, C. W. Review, November 1945, CW XVII, 2778, p. 344.
25 “One does not establish” – Orwell, CW IX, p. 276.
26 “No theory, no promises” – James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (Putnam & Company, Ltd., 1943), p. 182.
27 “We are interested solely in power” – Orwell, CW IX, p. 275.
28 “each is in effect” – Ibid., p. 206.