George Orwell

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

“One cannot see the modern world as it is unless one recognizes the overwhelming strength of patriotism, national loyalty.”

“The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.”

“Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.”

“War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil.”

“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.”

“Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.”

“If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

“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.”

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

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”