George Orwell quote about politics from London Letter - So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
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“ So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. ”
 George Orwell, London Letter (1945). copy citation

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Author George Orwell
Source London Letter! to be checked
Topic politics future
Date 1945
Language English
Reference in "Partisan Review"
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Weblink http://harpers.org/blog/2007/10/orwell-on-delusional-political-thinking/

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George Orwell quote about politics from London Letter - So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
George Orwell quote about politics from London Letter - So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.