 | George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on War and Society(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.)
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Quote #8 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and Society
“Most of the English middle class are trained for war from the cradle onwards, not technically but morally. The earliest political slogan I can remember is "We want eight (eight dreadnoughts) and we won't wait".”
Source: "My Country Right or Left," by George Orwell, 1940.
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