Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
GEORGE ORWELLFour legs good, two legs bad.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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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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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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