Author: 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.

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

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

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

- 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

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

- 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

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

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

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

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