“What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell
George Orwell: Political language
“Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: “Keeping out of politics”
‘In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics”. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.’
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Scrupulous writer
“A scrupulous
writer in every sentence that he writes will
ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say?
What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it
clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? And he will
probably ask himself two more: Could I put it more shortly? Have I
said anything that is avoidably ugly?”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Foolish thoughts
“The English Language … becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
—-Geroge Orwell.
George Orwell: No such thing
‘In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics”. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.’
—George Orwell, novelist (25 Jun 1903-1950).
George Orwell: Deny and obliterate
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
— George Orwell.
George Orwell: Constant struggle
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Take in a new idea
“Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Political language
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Preach and pray
“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Impudently twisting facts
“We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: More equal than others
“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”
– George Orwell.
George Orwell: Accept, grudgingly and suspiciously
“The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug — that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes.”
—George Orwell, novelist (1903-1950).
George Orwell: Treason
“Truth is treason in an empire of lies” ~George Orwell.
George Orwell: Nationalist
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”
—George Orwell, writer (25 Jun 1903-1950).
George Orwell: Politics
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Impudently twisting the facts
“We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.” — George Orwell.
George Orwell: Invariably
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
—George Orwell.
George Orwell: Terrorism
The object of terrorism is terrorism. Now, do you begin to understand me?
— George Orwell, 1984.
Henry Miller: Stifled impulses
“One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ”
Henry Miller
George Orwell: Myths
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
—George Orwell
George Orwell: Objectification

Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old acreditation for the BNUJ. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
—George Orwell
Related articles
- George Orwell (blahblablah.com)
- George Orwell’s 6 rules for writers (holykaw.alltop.com)
- Film: Newswire: New film version of George Orwell’s 1984 assigned to Ministry of Remakes (avclub.com)
George Orwell: Universal deceit
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ”
George Orwell.
Related articles
- Animal Farm (yousef59.wordpress.com)
- In a world of Universal Deceit-telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act – Mark Bonner (allenwestrepublic.wordpress.com)
- Web of Deceit: Misinformation and Manipulation in the Age of Social Media (prweb.com)
- The Life Of George Orwell (scriblinmind.wordpress.com)
- Top Ten George Orwell Quotes (scriblinmind.wordpress.com)
- Creative Writing – Overnight Considerations (nautical10.wordpress.com)
George Orwell: Rough men
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ”
—George Orwell
George Orwell: Insincerity
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. -George Orwell, writer (1903-1950)