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All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when

All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.

George Orwell
Memorial Day, Ideas, Evil

Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.

George Orwell
Two, Evil, Choices

The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil.

George Orwell
Roots, Long, Evil
George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

George Orwell
War, Evil, Literature

The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.

George Orwell
Two, Evil, Choices
George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.175, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

George Orwell
Independent, Civilization, Evil

The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped.

George Orwell
Long, People, Evil
George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.146, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.

George Orwell
Memories, Evil, Spain
George Orwell (2016). “Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.235, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible.

George Orwell
Past, Agreement, Evil
George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.135, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Winston could not definitely remember a time when his country had not been at war...war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil.

George Orwell
Country, War, Evil

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