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
Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell correctlyearlyevent Change image and share on social
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. George Orwell constantlyeffacegood Change image and share on social
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent. George Orwell comfortableintelligentmake Change image and share on social
One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up. George Orwell catholicgrow Change image and share on social
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. George Orwell generationimagineintelligent Change image and share on social
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. George Orwell defenseindefensiblelargely Change image and share on social
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time. George Orwell intellectualmanordinary Change image and share on social
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell controlfuturepast Change image and share on social
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
