Quote of the Day | 0515
George Orwell is anyone’s bitch. Whatever the topic, whatever the political position, he can be wheeled out in support to enunciate universal truths in a voice as compelling as the ghost in Hamlet. From voting reform to CCTV, from Trident to the debates, there’s a perfect Orwell quotation, apposite, terse and oracular, just waiting to be plucked out and flourished. I know because I’ve done it myself
Alastair Harper, ‘George Orwell, patron saint of hacks’
[x]#7456 fan zaterdag 15 mei 2010 @ 11:25:14
