The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

Quote by George Orwell

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Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

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...

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

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...

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

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

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 aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...