In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.

Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi.

To do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself, was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife.

If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones.

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.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.