"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it."

"It is not merely that we are not allowed to be truthful, but that we are compelled to be dishonest."

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

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."

"I am afraid I have nothing to say about the war, except that it is going to happen."