Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. George Orwell Patriotism
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 Imagination
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. George Orwell Equality
I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. George Orwell Education
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? George Orwell Politics
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. George Orwell Men
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 Men
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. George Orwell Truth
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. George Orwell Age
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. George Orwell Truth
There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. George Orwell War
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. George Orwell Future
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. George Orwell War
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. George Orwell War
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell Good
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 Future