The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

Quote by George Orwell

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The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as...

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

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

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

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

Big Brother is watching you.

Big Brother is watching you.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

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

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

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.

People Change. Love Hurts. Everything Changed. But remember that life goes on...

People Change. Love Hurts. Everything Changed. But remember that life goes on...