Liberty and Language
"Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell (1946). In George
Orwell, A
Collection of Essays (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1954). This
delightful essay
shows the connection between plain speech and liberty. An eloquent
warning
against inflated language.
Liberty and Language, by Geoffrey Sampson (New York: Oxford University
Press,
1979). An argument from the nature of language for classical
liberalism.
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