Quotes about George orwell

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All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news. — George Orwell, Why I Write
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home — what they fear is physical force.
Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. — George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry. — George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
As he once wrote of Kipling, his own enduring influence can be measured by a number of terms and phrases—doublethink, th — Christopher Hitchens
His style as a writer places him in the category of the immortals, and his courage as a critic outlives the bitter battl — Christopher Hitchens
His importance to the century just past, and therefore his status as a figure in history as well as in literature, deriv — Christopher Hitchens
Nothing exists except through human consciousness — George Orwell, 1984
Orwell's short and intense life has for years borne witness to some of those verities of which we were already aware. Pa — Christopher Hitchens
In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preach — George Orwell, 1984
If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and ‘liking’ it — Dean Cavanagh
Many things in this period have been hard to bear, or hard to take seriously. My own profession went into a protracted s — Christopher Hitchens, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you. — George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
In the same essay, Said (who is reviewing Peter Stansky and William Abrams, co-authors obsessed with the Blair/Orwell di — Christopher Hitchens
The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. — George Orwell, 1984
No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common — Peter Slezak
Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not desp — Christopher Hitchens
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. — George Orwell, Animal Farm
And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do no — George Orwell, Animal Farm
I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place in it, t — Jeffrey Tayler