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Results of search for Quote or Author: George Orwell - Page 2 of 3 Showing results 11 to 20 of 23 total quotations found.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), (attributed)
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), 1984
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

Results from Cole's Quotables:

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
At age 50, every man has the face he deserves.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

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