George Orwell quotes

" Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. " # Past # The future # Control

" All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. " # Equality

" People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. " # Violence

" On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. " # Goodness # Freedom # Power

" He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past. " # Past

" The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. " # War

" Myths which are believed in tend to become true. " # Myth

" Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. " # Responsibility # Love # Common Sense

" Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. " # Practice

" The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. " # Leaders and Leadership # Friends and Friendship # Work