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Doe Quotes by George Orwell
- I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
- [What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny…
- A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut.…
- Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations...
- I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and the people can…
- One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
- Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull…
- The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
- The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about…
- A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy…
- He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
- To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.
- Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.
- Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist? O'Brien: Of course he exists. Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me? O'Brien: You do not exist.
- Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are.
- Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should…
- The educated man pictures a horde of submen, wanting only a day's liberty to loot his house, burn his books, and set him to work…
- Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.
- Does Big Brother exist?" "Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party." "Does he exist in the same…
- The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty,…
- Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.
- Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of…
More Doe Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi