Two posts at the Gem State Patriot News blog on April 21, 2024 both begin with the following alleged quote:
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
One by the blog publisher Bob “Nugie” Neugebauer is titled It’s Our Anniversary – Fourteen Years and Counting. Another post by Brent Regan is titled Shut Up!
But George Orwell (the pen name for Eric Arthur Blair) never ever said that. It is listed at number one in an article by John Rentoul at The Independent on September 16, 2022 titled The Top Ten fake George Orwell quotations. A second article including it by Benedict Cooper at i on March 31, 2022 is titled These fake George Orwell quotes are everywhere online, my mission to fix them is deeply ironic. And a third article by Garson O’Toole at Quote Investigator on February 24, 2013 titled In a Time of Universal Deceit – Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act provides a detailed discussion.
On January 21, 2024 I blogged about Ten quotes to motivate speaking in public – five of which are incorrect. I said that for a well-researched and real quotation we can definitively describe Who said it, What he said, When he said it, and Where he said it.
Using a fake quote makes you look like a damn fool. Do enough research to avoid it.
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