“Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie… a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
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War against a foreign country only happens
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: war
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Power is not a means, it is
“Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: power
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The very concept of objective truth is
“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: truth
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It is almost universally felt that when
“It 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 Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: fear
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Serious sport is war minus the shooting.
“Serious sport is war minus the shooting.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: war
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Serious sport has nothing to do with
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: jealousy
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If you want a vision of the
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: imagination
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We sleep safe in our beds because
“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: men
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We have now sunk to a depth
“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: men
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
— George Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Category: men
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