Quotes From "Shooting An Elephant" By George Orwell

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For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life trying to impress the 'natives, ' and so in every crisis he has got to do what the 'natives' expect of him... A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things. George Orwell
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it. George Orwell
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A story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes. George Orwell
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When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys. George Orwell