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The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.
By George Orwell
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
By George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.
By George Orwell
Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.
By George Orwell
Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.
By George Orwell
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
By George Orwell
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. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.
By George Orwell
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
By George Orwell
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.
By George Orwell
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind
By George Orwell
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
By George Orwell
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
By George Orwell
People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
By George Orwell
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
By George Orwell
Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
By George Orwell
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
By George Orwell
One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.
By George Orwell
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not to good and not quite all the time.
By George Orwell
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
By George Orwell
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
By George Orwell
Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.
By George Orwell