All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes i…

George Orwell
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All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. ✨ George Orwell (2016). Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. ✨ George Orwell (2016). Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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