Quotation by George Orwell

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.
George Orwell (1903–1950), British author. "Thoughts on the Common Toad," Shooting an Elephant (1950).
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