Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defence against a homicidal maniac. - George Orwell
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Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defence against a homicidal maniac.
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George Orwell
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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John Freeman
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Mr Auden's brand of amoralism is only possible if you are the kind of person who is always somewhere else when the trigger is pulled. So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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من المستحيل أن تؤسس حضارة على الخوف والكراهية والقسوة، فمثل هذه الحضارة إن وُجدت لا يمكن أن تبقى؛ لأنها ستكون خلوا من أي حيوية، ومن ثم ستتفسخ وتنهار من داخلها.
