1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

To exchange one orthodoxy for another is not necessarily an advance. The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.

Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable result of self-censorship. To write in plain, vigorous language one has to think fearlessly, and if one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox.

jika semua orang lain menerima kebohongan yang dipaksakan partai, jika semua catatan menceritakan dongeng yang sama, maka dusta itu lulus dan dan masuk ke dalam sejarah dan menjadi kebenaran

It was a vast, luminous dream in which his whole life seemed to stretch out before him like a landscape on a summer evening after rain

I'm thirty-nine years old. I've got a wife that I can't get rid of. I've got varicose veins. I've got five false teeth.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Jangan dengarkan kalau mereka bilang bahwa manusia dan binatang memiliki kepentingan sama, bahwa kesejahteraan yang satu adalah kesejahteraan yang lain. Ini bohong! Manusia tidak benar-benar melayani siapapun kecuali dirinya sendiri.

The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement.