On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLPerhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
More George Orwell Quotes
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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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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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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The object of power is power.
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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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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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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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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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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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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 war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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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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