11 Quotes by George Orwell

As said on these pages before, if you have never read Orwell’s 1984, it is time that you did so. While a fictional novel, it is far more a recognizable reality today that when your editor first read it forty years ago. See this report from a current insider explaining exactly that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-LtwZS_R8

 

George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic was a man of strong opinions, who wrote about major topics related to the political views and movements of his times. Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four are two of his best-known novels, both of which were turned into films and enjoyed incredible popularity. His work greatly impacted political culture. In fact, he was such an influential writer that The New York Times ranked Orwell second on the list of ‘The 50 greatest British Writers since 1945’. He had a high moral sense and respect for justice. Below are 11 of George Orwell’s most well-known quotes that will make you stop and think.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.