George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on the June 25, 1903 in Bengal, India. He died January 21, 1950. He was a famous English novelist. He was most famous for his for his novels Animal farm and 1984. Animal farm is a political fable based on the communist revolution in Russia and how the ideals were corrupted by Stalin. Orwell went on to fight in the Spanish Civil war with Republican militia where he reached the rank of 2nd lieutenant. Orwell’s last book 1984 was a warning of a future where there was mass state control.
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.”
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
“Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.”
“It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.”
“The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.”
“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
“However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.” ~ Truth in life and love comment. Orwell foresaw the “post-truth” world we live in today. A world where you can say anything if it makes you “feel” good. Truth has been the casualty of modern society in recent years.
“The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.” ~ Truth in life and love comment. This is a profound quote by Orwell. Most people are happy to help those they know and love, not strangers. A real test of a society is helping those less fortunate, even if you don’t know them.
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
“It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.”
“True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.”
“Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.”
“Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.”