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George Orwell on Revolution

1903–1950

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In reality it was the Communists above all others who prevented revolution in Spain.

Homage to Catalonia (1938)

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.

[F]inally, a year after the outbreak of war and revolution, there remained a Government composed entirely of Right-wing Socialists, Liberals, and Communists.

Homage to Catalonia (1938)

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Orwell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.