"One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool."

"The most frightening thing about the world is that it is full of people who believe in things."

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

"The word 'socialism' has been so twisted and distorted that it means almost nothing."