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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.

Language, Thought, Corruption, Communication, Reality

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought

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More George Orwell Quotes

“Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.”

Conformity, Orthodoxy, Censorship, Individuality, Silence

“If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.”

Reflection, Politics, Ideology, Anarchism, Awareness

“There is a word in Newspeak,’ said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.”

Language, Newspeak, Contradiction, Communication, Ideology

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

War, Propaganda, Society, Violence, Detachment

“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”

Happiness, Life, Purpose, Contentment, Acceptance

“Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation.”

Industry, Economy, Society, Center, Power

“Animal Farm is a warning to every reader. Beware the utopia; beware the perfect solution and the easy slogan; beware those who claim to know what is best for you; beware bombast and dogma; beware the death of doubt; beware those who do not practice what they preach. Beware the chosen. Beware the one and only true path.”

Warning, Utopia, Power, Ideology, Doubt

“For a creative writer, possession of the ‘truth’ is less important than emotional sincerity.”

Writing, Truth, Creativity, Emotion, Sincerity

“I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you’re more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put it off as long as we can. But it makes very little difference. So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.”

Life, Death, Humanity, Fear, Acceptance

“All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth.”

Propaganda, Truth, Lies, Manipulation, Politics

“Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners.”

Sport, Nationalism, Fairness, Culture, Competition

“A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.”

Society, Family, Control, England, Critique

“Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.”

Obedience, Power, Control, Pain, Domination

“That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.”

Democracy, Rights, Power, Working Class, Freedom

“One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.”

Religion, Faith, Belief, Maturity, Criticism

“The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.”

Tyranny, Writing, Limits, Themes, Expression

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death.”

Thought, Crime, Control, Consequence, Freedom

“His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” – which he had adopted as his personal motto.”

Determination, Resilience, Effort, Perseverance, Motivation

“To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one’s lungs will always draw the next breath so long as there is air available.”

Existence, Survival, Routine, Life, Instinct

“Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.”

Politics, Choices, Morality, Society, Dilemma