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
giving minorities politics
...in the negative part of Professor's Hayek's thesis there is a great deal of truth. It cannot be said too often - at any rate, it is not being said nearly often enough - that collectivism is not inherently democratic, but, on the contrary, gives to a tyrannical minority such powers as the Spanish Inquisitors never dreamt of.
reality skulls mind
We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull.
deceit speaking truth universal
Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.
intelligent men intelligence
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
equality literature revolution
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
political-language decay chaos
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
autobiography trusted disgraceful
Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.
cures sane knows
Do you know why you’re here? Shall I tell you why we brought you here? To cure you.To make you sane.
wings two enemy
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
revolutionary anarchist should
If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.