All George Orwell Quotes
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
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A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
George Orwell
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
George Orwell
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell
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We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.
George Orwell
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All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
George Orwell
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For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.
George Orwell
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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell
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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
George Orwell
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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.
George Orwell
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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
George Orwell
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One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
George Orwell
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