plus ca change...

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

all corruption within

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying

" An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. "

" Political language - and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. "

Language

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)