"Intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country; but even in England it is not exactly profitable to speak and write the truth."from Fascism and DecomcracyThe Left News, (February 1941)

George Orwell -or Eric Arthur Blair- was an English writer who covered different genres: fiction novels, essays, journalism and criticism.He is world famous for his characteristic social criticism throughout his works, as well as his opposition to totalitarianism and staunch defense of social democracy.These values are reflected in all his writings, the most well known ones are:<ul><li>Animal Farm</li><li>Nineteen Eighty-Four</li><li>Homage to Catalonia</li></ul>Discover throughout this stash the most remarkable quotes found on Orwell On Truth.

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"Art and propaganda are never quite separable."Literary Criticism II : Tolstoy and Shakespearebroadcast 7 May 1941The Listener, 5 June 1941

"What is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be trutfully written."from Looking Back on the Spanish War (1943)

"Who controls the past, controls the future, who controls the present, controls the past."from Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

"In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are still believed in. They may be illusions but they are very powerful illusions."from The Lion and The Unicorn (February 1941)

"Political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudly vagueness."from Politics and the English LanguagePayments Book, 11 December 1945Horizon, April 1946

"The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity."from The Prevention of LiteraturePolemic, January 1946The Atlantic Monthly,

"You are free to be drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not free to think for yourself."from Burmese Days (1943)

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."from Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

In this compilation of essays, reviews and excerpts from his novels, George Orwell examines what truth is for him and the dangers that certain political positions unravel.

'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.' This selection of George Orwell's writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell's unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion. 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.' Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including 'Fascism and Democracy', 'Culture and Democracy', 'Looking Back on the Spanish War', 'As I Please', 'Notes on Nationalism', 'The Prevention of Literature', 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Why I Write'.

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A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson. 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.' This selection of George Orwell’s writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell’s unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion. 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.' Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell’s letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including ‘Fascism and Democracy’, ‘Culture and Democracy’, ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’, ‘As I Please’, ‘Notes on Nationalism’, ‘The Prevention of Literature’, ‘Politics and the English Language’ and ‘Why I Write’.

Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.

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