George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on War and Patriotism

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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 #7 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and Patriotism

“...no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours.”

Source: "Homage to Catalonia," by George Orwell, Will Johnson and Dog Tail Books, undated, originally published 1938. Chapter 5, Page 50.

"Homage to Catalonia," by George Orwell, Will Johnson and Dog Tail Books, undated, originally published 1938.

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