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George Orwell quotes

1903–1950 · English novelist and essayist

Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm gave English the words for propaganda and surveillance. He is also credited with things he never wrote.

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2 quotes traced to George Orwell's own work or a reliable witness.

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Source: Animal Farm, ch. 10 (1945)
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Source: "The Freedom of the Press", proposed preface to Animal Farm (1945)

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1 famous lines credited to George Orwell that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Actually: Not found in Orwell's works; it starts appearing under his name in the 1980s.