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 actdefensehomicidal Change image and share on social
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. George Orwell beingcivilizefly Change image and share on social
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. George Orwell dictatorshipendestablish Change image and share on social
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. George Orwell freedomgrantmake Change image and share on social
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell classcountryforeign Change image and share on social
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell aimclearcuttlefish share on social
At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. George Orwell deservefacefifty Change image and share on social
Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. George Orwell beingdemandhuman Change image and share on social
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. George Orwell actdestructionessential Change image and share on social
