On the Power of Words: Language and Politics
George Orwell (1903-1950)
"the special connection between politics and the debasement of language" (p. 6)
“if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought” (p. 7)
"language as an instrument for expressing and not for concealing or preventing thought" (p. 9)
“if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought” (p. 7)
"language as an instrument for expressing and not for concealing or preventing thought" (p. 9)
Gloria Naylor (1950- )
". . . building from the meanings of what we hear, we order reality. Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power" (p. 1)