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

Quote by George Orwell

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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

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...

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...

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

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...

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

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

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

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

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

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......