In Honor Of George Orwell's Birthday

[kpete]

-- George Orwell
Born on this day in 1903

Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950), much better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. Noted as a political and cultural commentator, as well as an accomplished novelist, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the 20th century. He is best known for two novels written towards the end of his short life: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell


What Orwell Said

“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people
who are not fighting.”


During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell


Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.
George Orwell


Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
George Orwell


If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell


If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
George Orwell


In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
George Orwell


In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
George Orwell


Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
George Orwell


Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell


War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
George Orwell

[Red_Viking]

1. Happy B-Day Mr. Orwell, and me!

Today is my b-day as well, and I'm proud to share it with Mr. Orwell. We also share it with George Michael, and Vivaldi.

Thanks for posting!

Peace,

RV

[bbinacan]

5. Happy Birthday

:party: :toast:

[originalpckelly]

2. Poignant.

nt

[Junkdrawer]

3. Orwell Rolls In His Grave.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1458914#1460332

http://www.911podcasts.com/display.php?vid=103

[otherlander]

4. Recommended. What a genius Orwell was.

And now we have found ourselves living under the rule of George Orwell's Prophecy.

[checks-n-balances]

6. That last one really gets me, and SHOULD BE a Dem talking point:

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. ~ George Orwell

[Generic Other]

7. Thanks Mr. Orwell for identifying the enemy for us

[shadowknows69]

8. Posted this on the top of my website today.

"1984" Author George Orwell was born today in 1903. Choco rations to be raised by 25 grams next week. Double plus good.