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

Quote by George Orwell

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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...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

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...

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.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

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...

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

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

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

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

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.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

(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...

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...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

You spoil the sacraments of the Church, you tear up the articles of the Faith,...

You spoil the sacraments of the Church, you tear up the articles of the Faith,...