“ If one loves democracy, the argument runs, one must crush its enemies by no matter what means. ”
George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | Animal Farm |
| Topic | democracy love |
| Date | 1945 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html |
Context
“One of the peculiar phenomena of our time is the renegade Liberal. Over and above the familiar Marxist claim that 'bourgeois liberty' is an illusion, there is now a widespread tendency to argue that one can only defend democracy by totalitarian methods. If one loves democracy, the argument runs, one must crush its enemies by no matter what means. And who are its enemies? It always appears that they are not only those who attack it openly and consciously, but those who 'objectively' endanger it by spreading mistaken doctrines. In other words, defending democracy involves destroying all independence of thought.”
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