Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of…

Quote by George Orwell

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

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

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

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

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

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...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...

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

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

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...

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

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...

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

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

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

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...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

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...

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,...

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought...

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought...

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

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.

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class...

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class...