I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
GEORGE ORWELLIf people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
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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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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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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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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
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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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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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To die hating them, that was freedom.
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