George Orwell Quotes about Freedom

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Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

George Orwell

Freedom, Writing, Rights

George Orwell (1998). “It is what I think, 1947-1948”, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

Inspirational, Life, Freedom

"The Freedom of the Press" (1945)

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

George Orwell

Strength, Peace, Freedom

Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949)

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

George Orwell

Time, Freedom, Future

Freedom is the right to tell others what they don't want to hear.

George Orwell

Freedom, Want

Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

George Orwell

Truth, Freedom, Knowledge

The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.

George Orwell

Country, Freedom, Law

George Orwell (2016). “Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition)”, p.501, epubli

To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs, aeroplanes, tinned food, machine guns, putsches, purges, slogans, Bedaux belts, gas-masks, submarines, spies, provocateurs, press-censorship, secret prisons, aspirins, Hollywood films and political murder.

George Orwell

Freedom, Gun, Hollywood Films

George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.218, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt