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 ORWELLEvery 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 ORWELLMan serves the interests of no creature except himself.
GEORGE ORWELLWriting 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.
GEORGE ORWELLTo see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
GEORGE ORWELLWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
GEORGE ORWELLYou must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
GEORGE ORWELLAt 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
GEORGE ORWELLReality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
GEORGE ORWELLAll rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
GEORGE ORWELLMen can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
GEORGE ORWELLFree speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
GEORGE ORWELLHowever much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
GEORGE ORWELLThe fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
GEORGE ORWELLYour worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.
GEORGE ORWELLPolitics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
GEORGE ORWELLWe do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
GEORGE ORWELL