(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell

Quote by George Orwell

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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...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

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...

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...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

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

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

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

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,...

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening...

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening...

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

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...

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues,...

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues,...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...