George Orwell Quotes

Communist countries consider all people, even their own, as secondary and only of value as they serve the state. Nevertheless those of us who live in democratic countries are always shocked and angered by the apparent indifference that a Communist regime has for what happens to individuals

The chief difference [between totalitarian and free countries] is that only the totalitarians appear clearly to know how they want to achieve that result, while the free world has only its past achievements to show, being by its very nature unable to offer any detailed "plan" for further growth.

Personal freedom has grown greatly within China, and that will provoke ever more points of conflict between the individual and state.

The government continues to erode our freedom.

The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest details.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

The bigger the State, the smaller the citizen

If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free.

It is foolish for people to think they can align themselves and be safe in a police state.

Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.

Liberty is always freedom from the government.

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.

There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control over our lives, the answer would unambiguously be the latter - more government control over our lives. We might have reached a point where the trend is irreversible and that is a true tragedy for if liberty is lost in America, it will be lost for all times and all places.

A free government with an uncontrolled power of military conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men.

Fascism is more of a natural state than democracy. To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve paradoxically to encourage more fascism at home and abroad. Democracy is a state of grace that is attained only by those countries who have a host of individuals not only ready to enjoy freedom but to undergo the heavy labor of maintaining it.

My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government.

Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.