Conscience. What a thing. If you believe you got a conscience it'll pester you to death. But if you don't believe you got one, what could it do t'ya?

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Conscience

Speaker

Fred C. Dobbs

Actor

Humphrey Bogart

Source

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros.-First National, 1948.

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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

Author

George Orwell
Source
Politics and the English Language
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

Current Citation

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.