George Orwell Quotes
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Two of my favourites:
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
http://www.azquotes.com/author/11147-George_Orwell
So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
http://www.azquotes.com/author/11147-George_Orwell
