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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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Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

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Humankind
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George Orwell
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Future
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We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun. – George Orwell

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Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas. – Susan Sontag

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I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly. – Cristina Kirchner

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I have met with some of them – very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools. – Giacomo Casanova

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Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. – Julian Assange

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But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs. – Niklaus Wirth

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