--- title: "18 Class Quotes By George Orwell" description: "18 Class quotes by George Orwell. Plus more from George Orwell and more Class sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/george-orwell-57_class_england-is-the-most-class-ridden-country_1463345.jpg" --- > [England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/england-is-the-most-class-ridden-country-under-the-sun-it-is-a-land/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/george-orwell-57_class_england-is-the-most-class-ridden-country_1463345.jpg) > [We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-of-the-sinking-middle-class-may-sink-without-further-struggles/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/george-orwell-57_class_we-of-the-sinking-middle-class-may-sink_1621869.jpg) > [There is a minority of gifted, willfuf people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/there-is-a-minority-of-gifted-willfuf-people-who-are-determined-to/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/george-orwell-57_class_there-is-a-minority-of-gifted-willfuf-pe_2663192.jpg) > [“Yet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British ruling class did all they could to hand Spain over to Franco…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/yet-in-the-most-mean-cowardly-hypocritical-way-the-british-ruling/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/george-orwell-57_anti-fascism_yet-in-the-most-mean-cowardly-hypocritic_3008422.jpg) > [Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/real-power-is-achieved-when-the-ruling-class-controls-the-material/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/george-orwell-57_class_real-power-is-achieved-when-the-ruling-c_1062724.jpg) > [A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/a-society-becomes-totalitarian-when-its-structure-becomes-flagrantly/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/george-orwell-57_artificial_a-society-becomes-totalitarian-when-its_794827.jpg) > [The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-tendency-of-advanced-capitalism-has-been-to-enlarge-the-middle/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/george-orwell-57_capitalism_the-tendency-of-advanced-capitalism-has_2169981.jpg) > [That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/that-rifle-on-the-wall-of-the-labourer-s-cottage-or-working-class/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/george-orwell-57_class_that-rifle-on-the-wall-of-the-labourer-s_758319.jpg) > [The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-totalitarian-states-can-do-great-things-but-there-is-one-thing/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/george-orwell-57_bedroom_the-totalitarian-states-can-do-great-thi_1234792.jpg) > [I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/i-am-struck-again-by-the-fact-that-as-soon-as-a-working-man-gets-an/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/george-orwell-57_appropriate_i-am-struck-again-by-the-fact-that-as-so_675655.jpg) > [The major problem of our time is the decay in the belief in personal immortality, and it cannot be dealt with while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-major-problem-of-our-time-is-the-decay-in-the-belief-in-personal/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/george-orwell-57_average_the-major-problem-of-our-time-is-the-dec_683396.jpg) > [“In theory at any rate each militia was a democracy and not a hierarchy . It was understood that orders had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-theory-at-any-rate-each-militia-was-a-democracy-and-not-a/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/george-orwell-57_class_in-theory-at-any-rate-each-militia-was-a_824791.jpg) > [Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/totalitarianism-however-does-not-so-much-promise-an-age-of-faith-as/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/george-orwell-57_age_totalitarianism-however-does-not-so-much_1160909.jpg) > [If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/if-you-ask-any-ordinary-reader-which-of-dickens-s-proletarian/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/george-orwell-57_asks_if-you-ask-any-ordinary-reader-which-of_1281807.jpg) > [It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-was-with-the-last-revolution-and-the-coming-of-ingsoc-inglish/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/george-orwell-57_authoritarianism_it-was-with-the-last-revolution-and-the_1374851.jpg) > [That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/that-rifle-hanging-on-the-wall-of-the-working-class-flat-or-labourer/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/george-orwell-57_class_that-rifle-hanging-on-the-wall-of-the-wo_1200808.jpg) > [How right the working classes are in their "materialism." How right they are to realize that the belly comes before the soul,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/how-right-the-working-classes-are-in-their-materialism-how-right-they/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/george-orwell-57_belly_how-right-the-working-classes-are-in-the_2833060.jpg) > [The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-upper-class-desire-to-remain-so-the-middle-class-wish-to/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/george-orwell-57_class_the-upper-class-desire-to-remain-so-the_2794691.jpg) ## Other authors on Class - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/karl-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/noam-chomsky/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mao-zedong-63096.jpg) Mao Zedong 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/mao-zedong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marco-rubio-63267.jpg) Marco Rubio 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/marco-rubio/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bell-hooks-16868.jpg) Bell Hooks 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/bell-hooks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-lenin-94029.jpg) Vladimir Lenin 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/vladimir-lenin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/oscar-wilde/) ## More by George Orwell > [In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-the-nineteenth-century-some-parts-of-the-world-were-unexplored-but/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-was-given-out-that-the-animals-there-practised-cannibalism/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-actual-writing-would-be-easy-all-he-had-to-do-was-to-transfer-to/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/he-felt-as-though-he-were-wandering-in-the-forests-of-the-sea-bottom/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“if you took 1 Corinthians, chapter thirteen, and in every verse wrote 'money' instead of 'charity', the chapter had ten times as much meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/if-you-took-1-corinthians-chapter-thirteen-and-in-every-verse-wrote/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [Happiness can exist only in acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/happiness-can-exist-only-in-acceptance/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-if-all-others-accepted-the-lie-which-the-party-imposed-if-all/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“Whitman himself "accepted" a great deal that his contemporaries found unmentionable. For he is not only writing of the prairie, he also wanders through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/whitman-himself-accepted-a-great-deal-that-his-contemporaries-found/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Whatever the Party holds to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/but-i-tell-you-winston-that-reality-is-not-external-reality-exists-in/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“And the people under the sky were also very much the same...everywhere, all over the world, hundreds or thousands of millions of people just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-the-people-under-the-sky-were-also-very-much-the-same-everywhere/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/don-t-you-see-that-the-whole-aim-of-newspeak-is-to-narrow-the-range/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/windmill-or-no-windmill-he-said-life-would-go-on-as-it-had-always/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/man-is-the-only-creature-that-consumes-without-producing-he-does-not/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-the-bigger-the-fall-the-bigger-the-joke-it-would-be-better-fun-to/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) > [“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/any-writer-or-journalist-who-wants-to-retain-his-integrity-finds/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/george-orwell/#itemlist", "name": "18 Class Quotes By George Orwell", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. 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