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George Orwell Quotes

And I believe that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph again Picture Quote #1

You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that Picture Quote #1

Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield Picture Quote #1

It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children Picture Quote #1

News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising Picture Quote #1

It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant have so much influence Picture Quote #1

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Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful Picture Quote #1

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious Picture Quote #1

Ellis, was one of those people who constantly nag others to echo their own opinions Picture Quote #1

Human beings were behaving as human beings and not as cogs in the capitalist machine Picture Quote #1

Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller Picture Quote #1

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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals Picture Quote #1

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice Picture Quote #1

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? Picture Quote #1

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting Picture Quote #1

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink Picture Quote #1

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it Picture Quote #1

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A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase Picture Quote #1

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them Picture Quote #1

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac Picture Quote #1

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows Picture Quote #1

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment Picture Quote #1

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell Picture Quote #1

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Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards Picture Quote #1

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below Picture Quote #1

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf Picture Quote #1

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship Picture Quote #1

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor Picture Quote #1

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history Picture Quote #1

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And I believe that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph again (George Orwell Quotes) You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that (George Orwell Quotes) Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield (George Orwell Quotes) It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children (George Orwell Quotes) News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising (George Orwell Quotes) It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant have so much influence (George Orwell Quotes) Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful (George Orwell Quotes) During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act (George Orwell Quotes) Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious (George Orwell Quotes) Ellis, was one of those people who constantly nag others to echo their own opinions (George Orwell Quotes) Human beings were behaving as human beings and not as cogs in the capitalist machine (George Orwell Quotes) Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller (George Orwell Quotes) Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals (George Orwell Quotes) Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice (George Orwell Quotes) If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? (George Orwell Quotes) Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting (George Orwell Quotes) The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink (George Orwell Quotes) War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it (George Orwell Quotes) A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase (George Orwell Quotes) Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them (George Orwell Quotes) Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac (George Orwell Quotes) Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows (George Orwell Quotes) I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment (George Orwell Quotes) Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell (George Orwell Quotes) Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards (George Orwell Quotes) Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below (George Orwell Quotes) People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf (George Orwell Quotes) Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship (George Orwell Quotes) The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor (George Orwell Quotes) The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history (George Orwell Quotes)

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