War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

Quote by George Orwell

Topics: George Orwell Quotes

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

(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...

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.

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

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,...

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that...

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

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

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

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...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

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

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

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...