George Orwell
British · 1903–1950
British essayist and novelist whose clarity of prose and moral seriousness set the standard for political writing.
Wikipedia ↗“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
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“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.”
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“Good prose is like a windowpane.”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
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“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
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“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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