--- title: "11 Long run Quotes By George Orwell" description: "11 Long run quotes by George Orwell. Plus more from George Orwell and more Long run sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/george-orwell-57_food_we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned_2991426.jpg" --- > [We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned-food-is-a-deadlier-weapon/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/george-orwell-57_food_we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned_2991426.jpg) > [“In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. To”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-the-long-run-a-hierarchical-society-was-only-possible-on-a-basis/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/george-orwell-57_long-run_in-the-long-run-a-hierarchical-society-w_1654091.jpg) > [We believe half-instinctively that evil always defeats itself in the long run. Pacifism is founded largely on this belief. Don't resist evil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-believe-half-instinctively-that-evil-always-defeats-itself-in-the/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/george-orwell-57_belief_we-believe-half-instinctively-that-evil_2210962.jpg) > [“War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking into the depths of the sea, materials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/war-is-a-way-of-shattering-to-pieces-or-pouring-into-the-stratosphere/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/george-orwell-57_long-run_war-is-a-way-of-shattering-to-pieces-or_2517980.jpg) > [“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-essential-act-of-war-is-destruction-not-necessarily-of-human-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/george-orwell-57_depth_the-essential-act-of-war-is-destruction_586194.jpg) > [“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-essential-act-of-war-is-destruction-not-necessarily-of-human-3/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/george-orwell-57_destruction_the-essential-act-of-war-is-destruction_3191045.jpg) > [For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/for-if-leisure-and-security-were-enjoyed-by-all-alike-the-great-mass-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/george-orwell-57_bases_for-if-leisure-and-security-were-enjoyed_2229264.jpg) > [“But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction—indeed, in some sense was the destruction—of a hierarchical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/but-it-was-also-clear-that-an-all-round-increase-in-wealth-threatened/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/george-orwell-57_long-run_but-it-was-also-clear-that-an-all-round_667921.jpg) > [“If it once became general, wealth would confer no distraction. It was possible no doubt to imagine a society in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/if-it-once-became-general-wealth-would-confer-no-distraction-it-was/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/george-orwell-57_long-run_if-it-once-became-general-wealth-would-c_489610.jpg) > [“The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-problem-was-how-to-keep-the-wheels-of-industry-turning-without/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/george-orwell-57_long-run_the-problem-was-how-to-keep-the-wheels-o_195537.jpg) > [“It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-was-possible-no-doubt-to-imagine-a-society-in-which-wealth-in-the/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/george-orwell-57_dystopia_it-was-possible-no-doubt-to-imagine-a-so_533014.jpg) ## Other authors on Long run ## 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/long-run/george-orwell/#itemlist", "name": "11 Long run Quotes By George Orwell", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Orwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned-food-is-a-deadlier-weapon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/george-orwell-57_food_we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned_2991426.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/george-orwell-57_food_we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned_2991426.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/george-orwell-57_food_we-may-find-in-the-long-run-that-tinned_2991426.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.” — George Orwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. 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But in practice such a society could not long remain stable. For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realise that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away. 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