These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian m… - George Orwell

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These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you.

George Orwell

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George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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Pen Names: John Freeman

Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair

Alternative Names: Orwell • Eric Blair • P. S. Burton

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These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. - George Orwell

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