Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George OrwellPerhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.
George OrwellEnvy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.
George OrwellThoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.
George OrwellWe have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious!
George OrwellIf he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate.
George Orwell