We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. George Orwell bedharmman Change image and share on social
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. George Orwell custarddirtyfunny Change image and share on social
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell coincidefactforesee 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
Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. George Orwell creationjointlanguage Change image and share on social
To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself. George Orwell dirtyfightsurvive 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
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. George Orwell battleetonfield Change image and share on social
The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun. George Orwell atombombcity Change image and share on social
