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  3. George Orwell Quote: “In our time political speech and writing are

    in our time political speech and writing are largely

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    in our time political speech and writing are largely

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    in our time political speech and writing are largely

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    in our time political speech and writing are largely

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  1. Politics and the English Language

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the ...

  2. Politics and the English Language

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the ...

  3. Orwell's 5 greatest essays: No. 1, 'Politics and the English Language'

    Orwell continues: "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible....Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and ...

  4. George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" at 70

    In our time [i.e., shortly after the end of World War II], political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the ...

  5. Quote by George Orwell: "In our time, political speech and writing are

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties.

  6. George Orwell

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Shooting an Elephant (1950) 'Politics and the English Language' Political language…is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

  7. Classic George Orwell Quotes

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

  8. You probably didn't read the most telling part of Orwell's ...

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible," including practices like imprisoning people "for years without trial," Orwell writes.

  9. George Orwell

    The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. Time and tide wait for no man.

  10. The Connection Between George Orwell and Friedrich Hayek

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of ...

  11. The Defence Of The Indefensible

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. ... Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness, " George Orwell wrote fifty-five years ago in his essay "Politics and the English Language." In this month's Ecologist, Paul Kingsnorth points out the relevance of Orwell's words

  12. George Orwell meets statistical significance: "Politics and the English

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the ...

  13. A Collection of Essays Quotes by George Orwell

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties.

  14. The Failed Saint: On George Orwell's India

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible," he wrote in "Politics and the English Language" (1946). ... Thus political language has to consist ...

  15. Quote by George Orwell: "Every war when it comes, or ...

    In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

  16. When Euphemism Disguises Truth: George Orwell's Foresight

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of ...

  17. What Would Orwell Make of Obama's Drone Policy?

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of ...

  18. PDF Writers George Orwell and Toni Morrison discuss the interrelationship

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for

  19. The meaning of words: Orwell, Didion, Trump and the death of language

    Orwell wrote that political speech was "largely the defense of the indefensible" — in 1946. Little did he know ... "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the ...

  20. In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of the political parties. Thus ...

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    The genius of the speech was that, while it described dramatic action that took place in the context of extremely complicated political history, it left that history as assumed fact and centered ...

  22. George Orwell

    In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the ... Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenseless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the

  23. One generation has dominated American politics for over 30 years

    Most countries that still have political figures lingering from that era are dictatorships. Mr Biden had to withdraw from the race in 1987 after plagiarising a speech by the leader at the time of ...

  24. Quote by George Orwell: "In our time, political speech and writing are

    "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties.

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  28. "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of

    Feb 15, 2014 07:38AM. Marilyn. 1 book. view quotes. Jan 22, 2014 09:57AM. George Orwell — 'In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.'.

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