{"id":797,"date":"2013-08-27T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=797"},"modified":"2013-08-27T12:24:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:24:48","slug":"george-orwell-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"George Orwell quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Speech<\/a>Orwell, George (1903 – 1950), English essayist, novelist, & satirist<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIf both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable \u2013 what then?\u201d George Orwell, 1984<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIn certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.\u201d George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.\u201d George Orwell, 1984 (first sentence)<\/i><\/p>\n

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.<\/i><\/p>\n

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.\u201d George Orwell, Polemic, May 1946, “Second Thoughts on James Burnham”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWar is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.\u201d George Orwell, 1984<\/i><\/p>\n

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAll animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.\u201d George Orwell, Animal Farm<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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 spurting out ink.\u201d George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists –\u00a0 is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.\u201d George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946<\/i><\/p>\n

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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