Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Quote by George Orwell

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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

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...

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...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

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

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

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...

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

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...

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...

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 child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...