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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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...

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...

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a...

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a...

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

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 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...

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

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

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...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

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...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

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.

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...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

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...

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

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

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