The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim -- for it is an abiding characteristic…

Quote by George Orwell

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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...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought...

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought...

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

(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...

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...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

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...

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...

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...

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

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...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...