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

Quote by George Orwell

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

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

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to...

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to...

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...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

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...

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...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

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

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

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

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

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...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can...

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can...

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

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