Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic
weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple
weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the
weak.
-- George Orwell, "You and the Atom Bomb", 1945
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that
he is already degraded.
-- George Orwell
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
-- George Orwell
O'Brien held up his left hand, its back toward Winston, with the
thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.
"How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?"
"Four."
"And if the Party says that it is not four but five -- then how many?"
"Four."
The word ended in a gasp of pain.
-- George Orwell
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
War is peace.
-- George Orwell
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that
he is already degraded.
-- George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
-- George Orwell, "Reflections on Gandhi"
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism
is its adherents.
-- George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
-- George Orwell, "Reflections on Gandhi"
All animals are created equal,
but some are more equal than others.
-- George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proven innocent.
- George Orwell
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
War is peace.
-- George Orwell
O'Brien held up his left hand, its back toward Winston, with the
thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.
"How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?"
"Four."
"And if the Party says that it is not four but five -- then how many?"
"Four."
The word ended in a gasp of pain.
-- George Orwell
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
-- George Orwell