Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Profoundly inspirational Animal Farm quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Animal Farm Quotes
Four legs good, two legs bad. George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. George Orwell
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
Let’s face it our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. George Orwell
The only good human being is a dead one. George Orwell
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. George Orwell
Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. George Orwell
He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. George Orwell
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. George Orwell
Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! George Orwell
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
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons? George Orwell
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. George Orwell
Windmill or no windmill, life would go on as it had always gone on that is, badly. George Orwell
Let’s face it our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. George Orwell
I have no wish to take life, not even human life. George Orwell
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons? George Orwell
Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey. George Orwell
Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 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
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
The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief. George Orwell
Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life 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
Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever. George Orwell
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. George Orwell
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word Man. George Orwell
Four legs good, two legs better! All Animals Are Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others. George Orwell
The Seven Commandments Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal. George Orwell
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
All men are enemies. All animals are comrades. George Orwell
His answer to every problem, every setback was I will work harder! which he had adopted as his personal motto. George Orwell
The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief. George Orwell
It had become usual to give Napoleon the Credit for every Successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune. You would often hear one hen remark to another, Under the guidance of our leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim, thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes! George Orwell
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. George Orwell
Surely, comrades, you don’t want Jones back? George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell
He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. George Orwell
Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. George Orwell
There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single Word Man. George Orwell
They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. George Orwell
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
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
As Clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion. If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of Major’s speech. Instead she did not know why they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. There was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. She knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. George Orwell
Four legs good, two legs bad. George Orwell
I have no wish to take life, not even human life. George Orwell
No animal shall kill any other animal without cause. George Orwell
At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right thinking people will accept without question. George Orwell
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. George Orwell
Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey. George Orwell
If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right. George Orwell
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
Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. George Orwell
These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. George Orwell
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. George Orwell
No sentimentality, comrade. The only good human being is a dead one. George Orwell
Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on that is, badly. George Orwell
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. George Orwell
Surely, comrades, you don’t want Jones back? George Orwell
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. George Orwell
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. George Orwell
The cat joined the Re education Committee and was very active in it for some days. She was seen one dag sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her reach. She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. George Orwell
Some of the animals remembered or thought they remembered that the Sixth Commandment decreed No animal shall kill any other animal. George Orwell
I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm. It must be due to some fault in ourselves. The solution, as I see it, is to work harder. From now onwards I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings. George Orwell
Never mind the milk, comrades! cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. George Orwell
