Quote by George Orwell
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ord

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics – a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage – surely that proves that you are in the right? – George Orwell

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The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell

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There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. – George Orwell

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I guess I dont like the people in politics very much, to be blunt. – Nate Silver

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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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