Personal Dictionary/Quotes

"It would seem that, as used, the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox hunting, bullfighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley's broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else."

—George Orwell

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

—Abraham Lincoln ^[1]

↑ although there is evidence that he also told the story using "calf" rather than "dog".

[1] though there is evidence that he also told the story using "calf" rather than "dog".

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