Tuesday, April 6, 2021

The Rifle on the Wall

"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see it stays there.”

       -- George Orwell.   

Excerpt from "Don't Let Colonel Blimp Ruin the Home Guard," Evening Standard January 8, 1941.



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