Quotes by Orwell, George

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. >>

A liberal is a power worshipper without the power. >>

One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense oversens >>

Quotations about Submission

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are. >>

There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largen >>

It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, becau >>

Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism -- robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.

Orwell, George