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In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
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All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
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Political language—[...], from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell
— May 13, 2021 07:50AM
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All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
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Political language—[...], from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell
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Mark André
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As our common complexities increase, any tale of individual simplicity (and yours is the best written and cockiest) acquires a new fascination; as our goods accumulate, but not our well-being, your report of an existence without material adornment takes on a certain awkward credibility.
My purpose in going to Walden Pond, like yours,to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles
E B White
Walden
1939
— Jan 19, 2022 07:48PM
My purpose in going to Walden Pond, like yours,to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles
E B White
Walden
1939
Mark André
is on page 90 of 299
As our common complexities increase, any tale of individual simplicity (and yours is the best written and cockiest) acquires a new fascination; as our goods accumulate, but not our well-being, your report of an existence without material adornment takes on a certain awkward credibility.
My purpose in going to Walden Pond, like yours,to transact some private business with the fewest obstacle
E.B. White
Walden
1939
— Jan 19, 2022 02:34PM
My purpose in going to Walden Pond, like yours,to transact some private business with the fewest obstacle
E.B. White
Walden
1939
Mark André
is on page 41 of 299
Afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant.
Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men said it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie, because an elephant was worth more than any damn Coringhee coolie.
I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.
— May 12, 2021 07:36AM
Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men said it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie, because an elephant was worth more than any damn Coringhee coolie.
I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.
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Thank you, Kimber! - )Nice to hear from you.
Thank you, Chelsea! - )Nice to hear from you.
Thank you, Luís. - )Good to hear from you.
Thank you, Francesc. - )Good to hear from you.
Replace "Conservatives" with Authoritarians and it rings a bit better. Reasoned Moderation isn't a bad thing, but power lording is another.
Thank you, A. - )Good to hear from you.
A wrote: "Replace "Conservatives" with Authoritarians and it rings a bit better. Reasoned Moderation isn't a bad thing, but power lording is another."I’m not sure I know who Authoritarians are?
Thank you, Ilse! - )Nice to hear from you. 75 years old and it still sounds rather appropriate.
Thank you, Cititoarea! - )Nice to hear from you. I like very much the metaphor at the end.
Thank you, Fariha! - )Nice to hear from you.
Thank you, Ella! -))It’s sort of discouraging that Orwell’s remarks are even more true today than when he made them. I like the adjective pure with wind.
Nice to hear from you. I should have added, from an essay entitled
Politics and the English Language dated 1946.