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

- George Orwell

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

- George Orwell

Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.

- George Orwell

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

- George Orwell

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

- George Orwell

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

- George Orwell

Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.

- George Orwell

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

- George Orwell

Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were …

- George Orwell