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George Orwell Quote - Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.

Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.

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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
GEORGE ORWELL

Depth Duty Intelligence Men Obvious Statement
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELL

Goodness Human Nature Quite Time Want
Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
GEORGE ORWELL

Cow Fear Force Government Home Moral Physical
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
GEORGE ORWELL

Creature Except Himself Interest Man One Liner Serve
Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
GEORGE ORWELL

Face Labour Live Miserable
Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
GEORGE ORWELL

Freedom Hear Justice Right Speech Want
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
GEORGE ORWELL

Drift Society Speak Truth
I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
GEORGE ORWELL

Appealing Couple Enjoyment Except Insane Mind Resemble
Rich people are poor people with money.
GEORGE ORWELL

Money People Poor Rich
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
GEORGE ORWELL

Character Goodness Possible Test
The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
GEORGE ORWELL

Capital Slave World
Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
GEORGE ORWELL

Choice Evil Politics
Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
GEORGE ORWELL

Face Hero Inspirational Pain Physical Stop Struggle
Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
GEORGE ORWELL

Except Inside Skull
Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
GEORGE ORWELL

Joke One Liner Revolution
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
GEORGE ORWELL

Play Serious Sports

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