"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
-George Orwell
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"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.“
-George Orwell
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"Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one."
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