Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Quote by George Orwell

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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...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as...

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as...

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

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

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.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

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...

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

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

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives...

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives...

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

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

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...