In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doc…

George Orwell
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In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings and aristocrats and the priests, lawyers and the like who were parasitical upon them, and it had generally been softened by promises of an imaginary world beyond the grave. ✨ George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). Animal Farm and 1984, p.294, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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