Maxioms by George Orwell
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all read more
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.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, read more
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents
