...are all alike in that one almost never finds in them a fresh, vivid, home-made turn of speech . . . In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible . . . Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy...

...he selected for castigation in 'Politics and the English language', or disagree with his view that 'in our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible'; and that, therefore, 'political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and...

...human beings is assimilated to the grinding of a lens. (246-48) Orwell makes much the same argument: In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. . . . Political language has to consist largely of euphemisms, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness....

...Language," George Orwell observed that political language serves to obfuscate an indefensible reality:5 "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. . ..Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy...

...Americans in Vietnam in the 1970s or South Africa's mercenaries in Anglo and Mozambique in the 1980s): In our time, political speech and writing are largely...the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of atom bombs on Japan can indeed be defended but only by arguments that are too brutal for most people...

...People's Republic of China. "On Protracted War," Selected Works, vol. 2 (1965). Lecture, May 1938. 11 In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. GEORGE ORWELL, (1903-1950) British author. Shooting an Elephant, "Politics and the English Language"...

...like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of atom bombs on Japan can indeed be defended but only by arguments that are too brutal for most people to face . . . political language has to consist largely of euphemism,...

...bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and distegard of all the rules. 8392 Shooting an Elephant 1420 The Litany From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of 8393 Shooting an Elephant Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder...

...not understand what is happening to them, and they cannot rebel against what they do not understand. In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible [...]. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of...

...grander scale. George Orwell wrote: In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of...in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the droppings of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments too brutal for...