All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. — George Orwell
For a creative writer possession of the “truth” is less important than emotional sincerity. — George Orwell
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. — George Orwell
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike him. — George Orwell
I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. — George Orwell
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt. — George Orwell
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. — George Orwell
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. — George Orwell
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; — George Orwell
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. — George Orwell
No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. — George Orwell
Oceania was at war with eurasia; therefore oceania had always been at war with eurasia. — George Orwell