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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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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. – George Orwell

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War
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Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. – George Orwell

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good
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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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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. – George S. Patton

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope

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These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished. – Christopher Columbus

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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. – Joseph Addison

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A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves. – Dan Savage

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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. – William Blake

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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