But the thing that I saw in your face no power can disinherit: No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit.
George OrwellIt is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
George OrwellIf liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George OrwellSo long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information.
George Orwell