George Orwell Quotes about Power

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We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

George Orwell

Power, Intention, 1984 Important

George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.354, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The object of power is power.

George Orwell

Power, Objects

Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 3, ch. 3 (1949)

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

George Orwell

Power, Self, Deception

George Orwell (2005). “In defence of English cooking”, Penguin Hardcover

Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

George Orwell

War, Winning, Power

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: Smothered under journalism, 1946”