It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box
George Orwell
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Despotic governments can stand moral force till the cows come home what they fear is physical force.
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Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints and it is possible that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never had much temptation to be human beings.
- George Orwell