“ Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining out… George Orwell
“ [Tolstoy] does not necessarily get rid of [his angry] temperament by undergoing religious conversion, and indeed it is obvious that the illusion of having been reborn may allow one's native vices to f… George Orwell
“ It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box George Orwell
“ Always in your stomach and in your skin there was a sort of protest, a feeling that you had been cheated of something you had a right to. George Orwell
“ If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, eve… George Orwell
“ In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops, because a bookshop is one of the few places where you… George Orwell
“ Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. George Orwell
“ Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. George Orwell
“ When I was young and had no senseIn far-off MandalayI lost my heart to a Burmese girlAs lovely as the day.Her skin was gold, her hair was jet,her teeth were ivory;I said, "For twenty silver pieces,Mai… George Orwell
“ Posterity will never hear of you. You will be lifted clean out from the stream of history. We shall turn you into gas and pour you into the stratosphere. Nothing will remain of you; not a name in a re… George Orwell
“ Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. George Orwell
“ People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell
“ The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. George Orwell
“ What happens to you here is forever. Understand that in advance. We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back. Things will happen to you from which you could not recover, if… George Orwell
“ 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. George Orwell
“ Don't you enjoy being alive? Don't you like feeling: This is me, this is my hand, this is my leg, I'm real, I'm solid, I'm alive! Don't you like this? George Orwell
