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Essay · 1946

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George OrwellPolitics and the English Language · 1946

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In conversation

  1. Language and the state4 lines

Nearby

  1. Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.Chinua Achebe
  2. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.Samuel Johnson
  3. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.George Orwell