| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 5267 |
| AUTHOR: | George Orwell |
| QUOTATION: | Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Quoted by US Secretary of Education William J Bennett, address to National Press Club, Washington DC, 27 Mar 85 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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