Quote by George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human being

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – 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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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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The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. – Don Marquis

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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied. – William Ellery Channing, Lecture II on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of

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Everyone is as God made him, and often a good deal worse. – Miguel de Cervantes

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I am not a human being; I am a human becoming. – Author Unknown

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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. – Ronald Reagan

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