George Orwell Quotes
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
This famous line actually had a predecessor. See {624357} for an over 60 year eariier expression of the notion. It is not known for certain if Orwell was aware of the earlier use.
George Orwell, 1903-1950, Pen-name of English Writer Eric Blair, Animal Farm, 1945
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60 years later George Orwell would use the last line in his famous Animal Farm --- See {625338} .
Many Irish use the term “race” in a cultural sense. To them, the Irish are a different race from the English or the Italians.
He was writing about America and many of the industrial democracies who at the time, as a result of globalziation, technology, government action and inaction, and other factors, had gone through a 30 year period of increasing disparities.
are not supportive of the public good.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
- Born: June 25, 1903
- Died: January 21, 1950
- Nationality: British
- Profession: Novelist Essayist, Journalist Literary Critic
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
