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George Orwell

George Orwell
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proven innocent.
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth'' is less important than emotional sincerity.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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.
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.