Supposed Orwell Quote

[Victor Steinbok]

  Slight correction: the alleged attribution actually *is* to 1984 (damn
Canadians!) and there is another unrelated but similar quote from 1982
or so (not quite easy to verify the GB tag).

     VS-)

On 10/16/2010 7:40 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  Do you mind elaborating "recent in origin". I have an attribution to
> Orwell in 1984 (ironically--utterly unrelated to 1984) and non-Orwell
> attributions in 1981 and 1985.
>
>     VS-)
>
> On 10/16/2010 4:40 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>> One of the most popular quotes of our time (millions of Google hits)
>> is the following, usually attributed to George Orwell:
>>
>> In a time of deceit (universal deceit), telling the truth is
>> (becomes) a revolutionary act.
>>
>> I assume this is not really an Orwell quote, and some very quick
>> searching seems to indicate that it is recent in origin.  Can anyone
>> shed any light on early occurrences of the saying?
>>
>> Fred Shapir

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