The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount of freedom of speech is still permitted; in other words it is helpful to totalitarianism.

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the age he lives in ... but before he ever begins to write he will have acquired an emotional attitude from which he will never completely escape.

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.