A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

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.

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the...

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the...

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...

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...

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

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.

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

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...

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

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.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some...

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some...

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 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...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

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

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