Animal Farm Quotes

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“...and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse–hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Something I've never been able to adapt to, to understand is how they can lavish such love and care on the animals and then see them sold for slaughter. I don't dare say anything about it, though. Richard and his friends would be down on me in a flash. But there's some kind of cold, unfeeling contradiction in that business.”
― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County

“I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge cart-horse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“únicamente el viejo Benjamín manifestaba recordar cada detalle de su larga vida y saber que las cosas nunca fueron, ni podrían ser, mucho mejor o mucho peor; el hambre, la opresión y el desengaño eran, así dijo él,la ley inalterable de la vida”
― George Orwell

“All animals are equal.”
― George Orwell

“Chúng (bọn súc vật) nhìn lợn rồi lại nhìn người, nhìn người rồi lại nhìn lợn, một lúc sau thì chúng chịu, không thể phân biệt được đâu là người, đâu là lợn nữa.”
― George Orwell

“Enquanto existirem sociedades organizadas, sempre deve existir, ou pelo menos sempre haverá de existir, algum grau de censura. (apêndices - George Orwell)”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer; except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“While everyone was worrying about the world turning into 1984 it turns out the world is actually Animal Farm.”
― Johnny Moscato