Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
GEORGE ORWELLWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.
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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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