How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph.)
Quote #1
EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY (S.13.27)
This is one of Wart's earliest lessons about how power can be used for bad ends. In the world of the ants, there is no room for free-thinking or individualism. This statement, written in all capital letters on the wall of the ant colony, shows that there is only black and white, "done" or "not done," forbidden or required.
Quote #2
"I dew think our beloved Leader is wonderful, don't yew?" (S.13.65)
White's taking a page out of the communist handbook here. Not only does this line, spoken by an ant, reflect the Stalin-esque communism of Soviet Russia, but it also should be ringing some bells in relation to the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un of North Korea.
Quote #3
They [the Norman "slaves"] knew that Sir Ector was proud of them. They were more valuable to him than his cattle even, and, as he valued his cattle more than anything else except his children, this was saying a good deal. He walked and worked among his villagers, thought of their welfare, and could tell the good workers from the bad. He was the eternal farmer, in fact—one of those people who seem to be employing labour at so many shillings a week, but who are actually paying half as much again in voluntary overtime, providing a cottage free, and possibly making an extra present of milk and eggs and home-brewed beer into the bargain. (S.14.2)
Sir Ector is one example in the book of someone in authority exercising power properly. He's not a harsh dictator and does not lord it over his serfs (even though in the social scheme of things he would have every right to). He gets right down in the dirt with them and helps them out, and treats them fairly.