George Orwell quote: We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"--Opening ...

We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"--Opening to "My Father's Son," attributed to George Orwell

~ George Orwell ~

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