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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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In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. – George Orwell

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It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface ones own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. – George Orwell

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