George Orwell

A peace that is truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.

George Orwell

A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

George Orwell

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?

George Orwell

A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.

George Orwell

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

George Orwell

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

George Orwell

All art is propaganda; on the other hand, not all propaganda is art.

George Orwell

All human relationships must be purchased with money.

George Orwell

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

All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth.

George Orwell