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George Orwell

George Orwell

British Author

Born: Jun 25, 1903

Died: Jan 21, 1950

Beings Does Good Human People War

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell

Animals Others Some More Equal Than

Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell

Happiness Acceptance Only Exist

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. George Orwell

Dictatorship Power Revolution Safeguard Makes Does End Establish Order Means

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

Own Side About Atrocities Only Remarkable He Disapprove Does His Hearing Committed Nationalist Them Capacity Even

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. George Orwell

Intelligence Men First Duty Sunk Obvious Intelligent Which Depth Now

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. George Orwell

People Hatred Fighting Lies Invariably Screaming Who

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

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell

Language Thought Corrupts Corrupt Also

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

Life Correctly Had Reported Newspaper Noticed Event Ever Early

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

Dictatorship Revolution Safeguard Makes Does Establish Order

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. George Orwell

Seek Perfection Does Essence Human Being Being Human

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

Power Liberal Worshipper Without

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf. George Orwell

Others Those Only Because Behalf Committing Who Violence

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

You Yourself Argument More Gives Simply Fair His Hearing Intelligent Than Persists Against Then Your Who Lunacy Lunatic

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. George Orwell

War Jealousy Sports Words Hatred Nothing Other Pleasure Rules Minus Bound Fair Sadistic Fair Play Sport Witnessing Up Shooting In Other Words Serious Play Disregard Violence

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