George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on Society and Civilization

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(1903 - 1950)

English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Critic, Supporter of Democratic Socialism, Opponent of Authoritarianism, and Proven Undercover Agent Reporting on the Left to the Police

: An English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). (From: Wikipedia.org.)


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Quote #8 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Society and Civilization

“If I were a bookmaker, simply calculating the probabilities and leaving my own wishes out of account, I would give odds against the survival of civilization within the next few hundred years.”

Source: "Toward European Unity," by George Orwell, 1947.

"Toward European Unity," by George Orwell, 1947.

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