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

Quote by George Orwell

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Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

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...

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...

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 times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

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

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

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...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

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

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

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...