Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Germaine Greer

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Revolution Politics

Author

Germaine Greer

Source

The Female Eunuch

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Writer

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Australia Oceania

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Citation

Greer, Germaine. The Female Eunuch. MacGibbon & Kee, 1970.

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A Gift for God
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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.

George Orwell

Politics and the English Language

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Politics and lies Propaganda Politics

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Politics and the English Language
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Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

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Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4: In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 1999, no. 38.