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Quote by George Orwell
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the nig

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. – George Orwell

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A family with the wrong members in control that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. – George Orwell

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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – 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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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. – Walter Lippmann

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Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. – Plato

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The truth is, Ive never fooled anyone. Ive let men sometimes fool themselves. – Marilyn Monroe

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