Orwell, George

"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not to good and not quite all the time."

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time."

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

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell

"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves." - last words written in his notebook

"As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents." - The Road to Wigan Pier