claim: Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
evidence: George Orwell displayed more understanding of the reality of combat in one sentence: "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." [...] We have forgotten George Orwell’s chilling truth: "People sleep peacefully in their beds only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." [...] They might care to use a quotation often attributed to George Orwell: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."