If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
The Freedom of the Press, proposed preface to Animal Farm (1945)
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George Orwell quotes
1903-1950 · Writers and poets
English writer and essayist, author of 1984 and Animal Farm.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Orwell said or wrote them.
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
In Front of Your Nose, Tribune (March 22, 1946)
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
Politics and the English Language (1946)
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Politics and the English Language (1946)