Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.

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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

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The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

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I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.

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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.

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If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

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if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ― George Orwell

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When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing. - George Orwell

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