Quote by George Orwell
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. – George Orwell

Other quotes by George Orwell

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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Men
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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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Other Quotes from
War
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From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war. – Margot Asquith

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War

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. – Thor Heyerdahl

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War

It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov

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War

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room. – Virginia Woolf

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War

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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. – Elizabeth I

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Fear

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Springtime

What weve gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question Can we trust Microsoft? – Steve Ballmer

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Business

Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20s, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to ones imagination. – Pola Negri

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Imagination