George Orwell quote: ...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably...

...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.

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"Rudyard Kipling" (1942). This is the closest passage in Orwell's writings that has been found to the following quotation popularly attributed to him: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf " (or sometimes, "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us").

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...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them. - George Orwell

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