We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
– George Orwell

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They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality,
because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of
them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice
what was happening.
– George Orwell

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Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and
murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure
wind.
– George Orwell

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The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by
his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing
about them.
– George Orwell

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Read George Orwell’s “1984” online.

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