All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
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Perhaps George Orwell was prescient in "1984" when he wrote, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2020
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the constitution was finally reduced to one article: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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His credo: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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And so on for a page of valuable documentation of George Orwell's porcine commissar whose classic formula was: "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
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In reply, Brandt quoted George Orwell's famous aphorism: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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