"All art is propaganda; on the other..." - Quote by George Orwell

“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

“Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all the year round.”

“Napoleon is always right.”

“Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.”

“So. Lie there, my art.”

“Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.”

“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

“The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.”

“During part of 1941 and 1942, when the Luftwaffe was busy in Russia, the German radio regaled its home audience with stories of devastating air raids on London. Now, we are aware that those raids did not happen. But what use would our knowledge be if the Germans conquered Britain? For the purpose of a future historian, did those raids happen, or didn't they? The answer is: If Hitler survives, they happened, and if he falls they didn't happen.”