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Quote by George Orwell
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is

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

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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. – George Orwell

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History
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George Orwell
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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell

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power
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. – Quentin Crisp

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Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we cant make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence. – Jay Rockefeller

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Intelligence

Heres the teaching point, if youre teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesnt absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. – George Tenet

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Intelligence

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and Im really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes. – Jane Harman

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Intelligence

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Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. – James Lovelock

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If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet. – Neil Simon

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The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people. – Gerome Ragni

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You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. – Jerry Gillies

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