George Orwell Quotes

I was born in 1948, so I'm a '60s kid, and in the '60s everyone talked all the time, endlessly, about socialism versus capitalism, about political choices, ideology, Marxism, revolution, 'the system' and so on.

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

I'm not an anarchist. I'm not saying, "Burn it to the ground."

Revolutionaries must proclaim their ideas courageously ... and express their intentions so that no one is deceived.

I don't encourage socialists or anarchists to accept falsehoods, in particular, to see revolutionary potential where there is none.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party.

I'm a communist, man. I'm going to break the rules.

The revolution is now just a sentiment.

There's nothing wrong with being an anarchist.

certain kinds of people become Republicans and certain kinds of people become Democrats, and ... it's more than a matter of party affiliation. It's a way of thinking and being.

Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau.

Eventually the revolutionaries become the established culture, and then what will they do

My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.

I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!

We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.

One of the problems with dealing with anarchism is that there are many people whose ideas are anarchist, but who do not necessarily call themselves anarchists.

I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.

Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.

Not whether we accomplish anarchism today, tomorrow, or within ten centuries, but that we walk towards anarchism today, tomorrow, and always.

What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun?

Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that's been a place of hope.

This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowned by those who are only too happy to enjoy what has been won for them.

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.

Anarchism is a game at which the police can beat you.