Author: George Orwell

Quotes

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

- George Orwell

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

- George Orwell

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

- George Orwell

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

- George Orwell

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

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

- George Orwell

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

- George Orwell

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

- George Orwell

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

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

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

- George Orwell

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