" We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength "

George Orwell, Book “1984″ English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" At age 50, every man has the face he deserves. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four. If granted, all else follows. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned. "

George Orwell, Essay: “The Prevention of Literature” (1946) English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. "

George Orwell, Polemic, May 1946, “Second Thoughts on James Burnham” English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Liberal: a power worshipper without power. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. "

George Orwell, 1984 Book 3, Chapter 3 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. "

George Orwell, 1984 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. "

George Orwell, 1984 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. "

George Orwell, 1946 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is a thing that human beings must avoid. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. "

George Orwell English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

" The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. "

George Orwell, 1984 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

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