Communication Quotes by George Orwell

“Listen. The more men you’ve had, the more I love you. Do you understand that?”

— George Orwell

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

— George Orwell

Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

— George Orwell

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

— George Orwell

Take away freedom of speech, and the creative faculties dry up.

— George Orwell

“It was not the man’s brain that was speaking it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted…

— George Orwell

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead…

— George Orwell

In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount…

— George Orwell

How could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either the future would resemble the present in which case it would…

— George Orwell

“If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it.…

— George Orwell

“A story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it…

— George Orwell

The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are…

— George Orwell

I am well acquainted with all the arguments against freedom of thought and speech - the arguments which claim that it cannot…

— George Orwell

“How could you communicate with the future? It was of its nature impossible. Either the future would resemble the present, in which…

— George Orwell

Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long…

— George Orwell

“They carried on a curious intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse suddenly nipped into silence…

— George Orwell

“The controversy over freedom of speech and of the press is at bottom a controversy of the desirability, or otherwise, of telling…

— George Orwell

“He seemed to have lost the power of intellectual effort, now that the stimulus of pain had been removed. He was not…

— George Orwell

“The grammar of Newspeak had two outstanding peculiarities. The first of these was an almost complete interchangeability between different parts of speech.…

— George Orwell

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in…

— George Orwell

“In that case the current orthodoxy happens to be challenged, and so the principle of free speech lapses. Now, when one demands…

— George Orwell

“This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to…

— George Orwell

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in…

— George Orwell

“The heirs of the French, English, and American revolutions had partly believed in their own phrases about the rights of man, freedom…

— George Orwell

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of…

— George Orwell

“It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even…

— George Orwell

I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very…

— George Orwell