George Orwell quote about truth from Politics and the English Language - Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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“ Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”
 George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946). copy citation

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Author George Orwell
Source Politics and the English Language
Topic truth language lies politics
Date 1946
Language English
Reference in "Horizon"
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Weblink http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/

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George Orwell quote about truth from Politics and the English Language - Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell quote about truth from Politics and the English Language - Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.