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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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...

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

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

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...

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.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

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.

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 peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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...

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

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...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

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...

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going...

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to...

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to...