George Orwell | Quotes Collection

"There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language" George Orwell

"Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen." George Orwell

"Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations." George Orwell

"Beauty is meaningless until it is shared." George Orwell

"Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. 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. Such a society, no matter how long it persists, can never afford to become either tolerant or intellectually stable." George Orwell

"The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion." George Orwell

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." George Orwell

"Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible." George Orwell

"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell

"One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ' Socialism ' and ' Communism ' draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, 'Nature Cure' quack, pacifist, and feminist in England." George Orwell

"Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper." George Orwell

"Big Brother is watching you." George Orwell

"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else." George Orwell

"Liberal: a power worshipper without power." George Orwell