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To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

Love, Humanity, Preference, Emotion, Connection

To an ordinary human being love means nothing if it

To an ordinary human being love means nothing if it

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More George Orwell Quotes

“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.”

Revolution, Power, Control, Authority, Ambition

“After knowing him, I saw the force of the proverb ‘Trust a snake before a Jew and a Jew before a Greek, but don’t trust an Armenian.’”

Prejudice, Trust, Culture, Stereotypes, Humanity

“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”

Freedom, Happiness, Society, Choice, Control

“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.”

War, Power, Control, Futility, Politics

“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.”

Power, Dictatorship, Revolution, Control, Ideology

“Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.”

Nationalism, Power, Deception, Politics, Society

“And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested.”

Memory, History, Truth, Manipulation, Control

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

Truth, History, Deception, Reality, Society

“A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worthwhile political objective today.”

Socialism, Politics, Unity, Europe, Ideology

“Comrades,” he said, “I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal.”

Leadership, Sacrifice, Equality, Control, Irony

“Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.”

Power, Politics, Influence, Trend, Judgment

“I’m fat, but I’m thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there’s a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there’s a statue inside every block of stone?”

Identity, Body, Perception, Transformation, Potential

“Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere.”

Observation, City Life, Atmosphere, Desolation, Imagery

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”

Generations, Intelligence, Wisdom, Progress, Change

“Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.”

Life, Suffering, Innocence, Realism, Wisdom

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”

Reality, Mind, Perception, Existence, Subjectivity

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Truth, Perception, Control, Manipulation, Obedience

“Who cares? she said impatiently, it’s always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway.”

War, News, Cynicism, Lies, Society

“No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.”

Sainthood, Humanity, Temptation, Behavior, Morality

“The human beings did not hate Animal Farm any less now that it was prospering; indeed, they hated it more than ever.”

Resentment, Success, Society, Animal Farm, Human Nature