George Orwell Quotes about Revolution

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One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

George Orwell

Order, Doe, Revolution

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

Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution

George Orwell

Humor, Tiny, Revolution

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944”

Revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert and know how to chuck out their leaders as soon as the latter have done their job.

George Orwell

Jobs, Leader, Revolution

George Orwell, Peter Davison (2013). “George Orwell: A Life in Letters”, p.334, W. W. Norton & Company

Most revolutionaries are potential Tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society; once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.

George Orwell

Political, Revolution, Needs

'Inside the Whale' (1940) 'Charles Dickens'