"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
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I listened to BBC's Witness program about The Hobbit today. They observed that Tolkein, like Orwell and a long list of others, spent a chunk of their younger years getting shot at, and that experience seemed to sharpen their focus a bit.
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ReplyDelete“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.” -- Herman Melville
RM in CA
A good one, too, RM. Perfect, in fact, for MItt and his 47% views.
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