“Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defence against a homicidal maniac.”
“The essential job is to get people to recognise war propaganda when they see it, especially when it is disguised as peace propaganda.”
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George Orwell in Review of The Men I Killed by Brigadier-General F. P. Crozier, CB, CMG, DSO, in New Statesman and Nation (28 August 1937) at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950),... known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.... His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism....
As a writer, Orwell ... is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). ... In 2008, The Times ranked George Orwell second among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"....
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Two Minutes Hate", "Room 101", "memory hole", "Newspeak", "doublethink", "proles", "unperson", and "thoughtcrime",... as well as providing direct inspiration for the neologism "groupthink". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell