1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

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.

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.