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 #4 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Free Speech and Honesty
“If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy. You cannot speak any of the necessary dialects, and when you make a stupid remark its stupidity will be obvious, even to yourself.”
Source: "Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell. First published: Horizon. ? GB, London. ? April 1946. Reprinted: 'Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays.' ? 1950.
"Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell. First published: Horizon. ? GB, London. ? April 1946. Reprinted: 'Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays.' ? 1950.
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