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Quote by George Orwell
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough m

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. – 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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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. – Daniel Webster

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With reasonable men, I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. – William Lloyd Garrison

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Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound

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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. – Chinese Proverb

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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. – Laurence Sterne

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Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But when your head is encased in that microcosm its the most serious time of your life. – Rian Johnson

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