England Quotes by George Orwell

14 England quotes by George Orwell

Orwell’s sharp eye for social inequities lands on England in these fourteen concise observations. Though brief, each line carries his characteristic blend of moral urgency and clear‑sighted critique.

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It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of…

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England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality.

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“In England patriotism takes different forms in different classes, but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them. Only…

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England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old…

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A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a…

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The English are probably more capable than most peoples of making revolutionary change without bloodshed. In England, if anywhere,it would be possible…

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England will still be England, an everlasting animal, stretching into the future and the past and like all living things having the…

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It's a wonderful feeling to have a niece like you Because you are always so dear You are so dear no matter…

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What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with…

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There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in…

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England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt…

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Is the English press honest or dishonest? At normal times it is deeply dishonest. All the papers that matter live off their…

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“England is not the jewelled isle of Shakespeare's much-quoted message, nor is it the inferno depicted by Dr Goebbels. More than either…

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“The train bore me away, through the monstrous scenery of slag-heaps, chimneys, piled scrap-iron, foul canals, paths of cindery mud criss-crossed by…

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