← "No," said Snowball firmly. "We have no means of making sugar on this farm. Besides, you do not need sugar. 🔊
← Boxer and Clover would harness themselves to the cutter or the horse−rake (no bits or reins were needed in these days, of course) and tramp steadily round and round the field with a pig walking behind and calling out "Gee up, comrade!" 🔊
← He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began. 🔊
← At the graveside Snowball made a little speech, emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be. 🔊
← Stone would have to be carried and built up into walls, then the sails would have to be made and after that there would be need for dynamos and cables. 🔊
← And thereafter, he declared, so much labour would be saved that the animals would only need to work three days a week. 🔊
← Napoleon, on the other hand, argued that the great need of the moment was to increase food production, and that if they wasted time on the windmill they would all starve to death. 🔊
← The one argued that if they could not defend themselves they were bound to be conquered, the other argued that if rebellions happened everywhere they would have no need to defend themselves. 🔊
← There was need of paraffin oil, nails, string, dog biscuits, and iron for the horses' shoes, none of which could be produced on the farm. 🔊
← Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. 🔊
← The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said. He was therefore making arrangements to sell a stack of hay and part of the current year's wheat crop, and later on, if more money were needed, it would have to be made up by the sale of eggs, for which there was always a market in Willingdon. 🔊
← There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable. 🔊
← Every Monday Mr. Whymper visited the farm as had been arranged. He was a sly−looking little man with side whiskers, a solicitor in a very small way of business, but sharp enough to have realised earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having. 🔊
← And very comfortable beds they are too! But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays. 🔊
← cried Muriel. "It's no longer needed, comrade," said Squealer stiffly. "Beasts of England was the song of the Rebellion. 🔊
← It was given out that the pasture was exhausted and needed re−seeding; but it soon became known that Napoleon intended to sow it with barley. 🔊
← Squealer was with them for the greater part of every day. He was, he said, teaching them to sing a new song, for which privacy was needed. 🔊
← Between pigs and human beings there was not, and there need not be, any clash of interests whatever. 🔊