"Revolutions only effect a radical improvement when..." - Quote by George Orwell
Revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert and know how to chuck out their leaders as soon as the latter have done their job.
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“A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.”
“The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.”
“The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.”
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“The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.”
“The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the courtyard. But, the lesser grindstone stood alone there in the calm morning air, with red upon it that the sun had never give, and would never take away.”
“Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.”
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“I am really not "cyclonic" at all. Far from it. What I want is not here, nor can I longer bear this "cyclonic" atmosphere. This is the way to perfection, to strive to be perfect, and to strive to make perfect a few men and women. My idea of doing good is this: to evolve out a few giants, and not to strew pearls before swine, and so lose time, health, and energy.”
“All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.”
“I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.”