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

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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 #15 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and The State

“I had thought earlier in the night that you can't run when you are sodden from head to foot and weighted down with a rifle and cartridges; I learned now you can always run when you think you have fifty or a hundred armed men after you.”

Source: "Homage to Catalonia," by George Orwell, Will Johnson and Dog Tail Books, undated, originally published 1938. Chapter 7, Pages 75-76.

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

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