If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if… - George Orwell

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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.

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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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In our society, those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.

Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree.

If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them. - George Orwell

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