Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
COURAGE · VERIFIED · EN
George Orwell Quote
“It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.”
0
Source: Quotables — alvations/Quotables (CC0 1.0 dataset)
Attribution status: verified · Publication status: cleared
Explore more quotes attributed to George Orwell or browse courage quotes.
If you believe this quote is incorrectly attributed or should be removed, see Copyright and quote corrections.
Related verified quotes
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.