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Quote by George Orwell
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. – George Orwell

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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Future
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in ones mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. – George Orwell

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power
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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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good
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The less men think, the more they talk. – Charles de Montesquieu

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. – Henry David Thoreau

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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. – Abbe Pierre

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The most positive men are the most credulous. – Alexander Pope

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I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us. – Daniel Libeskind

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The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Proverbs 11.25 – Bible

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The sentiments in Hawaii about Washingtons failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country. – Ed Case

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