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“For some reason, all the best matadors were Fascists.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
“It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
“The political binary is the dumbest of all. It’s based on the seating system in the old French legislature, and I refuse to base my life on anything French.”
― The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
― The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
“A fat man eating quails while children are begging for bread is a disgusting sight, but you are less likely to see it when you are within the sound of the guns.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
“For a smart person to argue with a dumb person, they have to dumb down their logic on the fly, while the dumb person thinks in dumb logic naturally, giving them an advantage.”
― Spell or High Water
― Spell or High Water
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