Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

10 Great Quotes from Orwell

1. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”

2.  “Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”

3. “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

4. “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

5.  “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

6.  “The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”

7.  “War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.”

8. “All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

9.  “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

10.  The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.