"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
-George Orwell
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"The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.“
-George Orwell
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"The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor."
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"War is war. The only good human being is a dead one."
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"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."
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"Oceania was at war with Eurasia therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia."
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