“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Good“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
Freedom“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Good“Good writing is like a windowpane.”
Good“Oceania was at war with Eurasia therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.”
War“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.”
Good“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Men“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
Good“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
Intelligence“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
Happiness“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
Patriotism“Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.”
Funny“A family with the wrong members in control that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.”
Family“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
Power“There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.”
Intelligence“For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.”
Truth“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Men“Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.”
Men“Serious sport is war minus the shooting.”
War“Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.”
Power“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.”
Good“He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.”
God