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

Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.

But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it? And yet --!

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It is generally regarded here as more reliable than the press.

All human relationships must be purchased with money.