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Quote by George Orwell
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. – George Orwell

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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. – George Orwell

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War
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George Orwell
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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell

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Fear
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George Orwell
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank. – Winston Churchill

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good

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. – H. L. Mencken

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good

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. – C. S. Lewis

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. – Diogenes

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. – Duke of Endinburgh

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Im not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional. – Freddie Highmore

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