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The only good human being is a dead one.

George Orwell

Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
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Cow Fear Force Government Home Moral Physical
A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Characteristic Charity Hate Human Nature Man Receive
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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Deny Destroy Effective History People Understand
I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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Comment Failure Speak Work
It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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Change Live Person Possible Society Thinking Want
Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.
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Betrayal Confession Love Matter Stop
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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Play Serious Sports
Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Choice Evil Politics
Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
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Liberty One Liner Power Worship
The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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Money Religion Start
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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Book Exhaust Ill Pain Resistance Struggle Writing
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Animal Equality
There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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Absurd Believe Ideas Intellectual
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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Believe Media People Tell
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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Men Night Peace People Ready Sleep Violence
Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Conscious Rebel

The only good human being is a dead one.

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