Four legs good, two legs bad.

Quote by George Orwell

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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and...

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

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...

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

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...

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...

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

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

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

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

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...