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-> ''"[the goose-step is] one of the most horrible sights in the world... It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face.''"
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', commenting on Nazi military parades

->''"Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army."''
-->-- '''George Orwell'''

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~~-> ''"[the goose-step is]~~ ->''"One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade-step of its army. A military parade is really a kind of ritual dance, something like a ballet, expressing a certain philosophy of life. The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the ~~world...~~world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber. It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face.''"
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', commenting on Nazi military parades

->''"Beyond Its ugliness is part of its essence, for what it is saying is 'Yes, I am ugly, and you daren't laugh at me', like the bully who makes faces at his victim. [...]Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army."''
-->-- ~~'''George Orwell'''~~ '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', ''The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius'' (1941)

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-->-- '''George Orwell''', commenting on Nazi military parades

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-->-- ~~'''George Orwell''',~~ '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', commenting on Nazi military parades

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-> [the goose-step is] one of the most horrible sights in the world... It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face.
-->-- '''George Orwell, commenting on Nazi military parades'''

-> Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.

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-> ~~[the~~ ''"[the goose-step is] one of the most horrible sights in the world... It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a ~~face.~~
face.''"
-->-- '''George ~~Orwell,~~ Orwell''', commenting on Nazi military parades'''

-> Beyond parades

->''"Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army."''

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