“People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Absolutely true — even if George Orwell never wrote it directly. As to how the phrase became credited to the Prose Artist Formerly Known as Eric Blair, Quote Investigator has you covered.
Blogging since 2002, affiliated with PJM since 2005, where he is currently a columnist, Dallas Editor, and founder of PJM's Lifestyle blog. Over the past 15 years, Ed has contributed articles to National Review Online, the Weekly Standard.com, Right Wing News, the New Individualist, Blogcritics, Modernism, Videomaker, Servo, Audio/Video Interiors, Electronic House, PC World, Computer Music, Vintage Guitar, and Guitar World. As an Amazon Associate, he earns from qualifying purchases. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
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