George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 June 1903
CityMotihari, India
funny sarcasm animal
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
philosophy gun two
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.
jobs wall gun
That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
change party answers
Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.
intelligent men intelligence
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
time freedom future
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
peace war ubuntu
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.
love marriage truth
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
struggle book writing
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
mistake party reality
Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.
views age world
All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
winning achievement corrupt-power
Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
mean two mind
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
home government cows
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.