Discuss the meaning of the following sentence and what importance it has for the overall speech: "You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no
such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream-the
maximum of individual freedom consistent with order or down to the ant heap of
totalitarianism."

The sentence claims the differing political parties are illusions. It sets the tone that man must make an even more risky choice to escape the limits defined by the government and chose to be dependent on themselves and gain the most sense of freedom or to work themselves to death subserviently.

Explanation:

usually, a falcon can kill an owl, and horses don't normally eat each other.