Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

Quote by George Orwell

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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.

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...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

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...

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

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

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

Big Brother is watching you.

Big Brother is watching you.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

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,...

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

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...

I've been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared...

I've been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared...

We have a complete void of progressive politics in this country right now. The will...

We have a complete void of progressive politics in this country right now. The will...