A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.

Quote by George Orwell

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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

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

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

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...

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

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...

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

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

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

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...

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,...

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

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...

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

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

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...