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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? ↗

— George Orwell

#fair #gives #hearing #his #intelligent

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. ↗

— George Orwell

#always #beings #demand #get #human

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. ↗

— George Orwell

#emotional #important #less #possession #sincerity

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. ↗

— George Orwell

#invincible #moment #seem #whoever #will

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature. ↗

— George Orwell

#always #atmosphere #completely #damaging #forms

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. ↗

— George Orwell

#difference #hardly #less #makes #more

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return. ↗

— George Orwell

#another #any #assume #child #deeply

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #human #human being #love #loving

I can't do anything in moderation. ↗

— Ozzy Osbourne

#i #moderation