George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on Free Speech and Honesty(published by RevoltSource) |
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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.)
Quote #3 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Free Speech and Honesty
“The first thing that we ask of a writer is that he shall not tell lies, that he shall say what he really thinks, what he really feels. The worst thing we can say about a work of art is that it is insincere.”
Source: "Literature and Totalitarianism," by George Orwell, 1941.
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