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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We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is...

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is...

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.

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

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...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

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...

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war...

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war...

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.

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...

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...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

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...

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

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...

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

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

(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...

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...

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, o Lord...

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, o Lord...

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is...

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is...