George Orwell quotes

George Orwell was a British writer and journalist, renowned for his novels "1984" and "Animal Farm." His works explore themes of totalitarianism, social injustice, and the abuse of power. He became a major figure in 20th-century literature and a symbol of resistance against oppression. Here are 610 of his quotes:

True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear. (George Orwell)
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. View quote
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Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. View quote
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. View quote
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. View quote
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The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. View quote
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. View quote
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. View quote
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. View quote
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Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. View quote
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Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. (George Orwell)
At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. View quote
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The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. View quote
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. View quote
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. View quote
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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. View quote
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. View quote
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The consequences of every act are included in the act itself. View quote
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Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. View quote
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If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones. View quote
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A hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. (George Orwell)
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. View quote
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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. View quote
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Big Brother is watching you. View quote
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. View quote
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George Orwell

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Occupation: British Author
Born: June 25, 1903
Died: January 21, 1950
Quotes count: 610
Wikipedia: George Orwell

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