#out

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. ↗

— George Orwell

#atrocities #capacity #committed #disapprove #does

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. ↗

— George Orwell

#between #clear #declared #enemy #exhausted

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose. ↗

— George Orwell

#belong #class #dreadful #feared #further

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. ↗

— George Orwell

#fading #history #into #lies #objective

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#computers #creating #documentation #guy #knows

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone. ↗

— George Osborne

#danger #done #everything #financial #i

I'm not going out to parties every night. ↗

— George Osborne

#every night #going #i #night #out

They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself. ↗

— George Osborne

#day #each #guy #i #i can

Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out. ↗

— George Osborne

#conservative #i #independent #just #labour