The Road to Wigan Pier Quotes

“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:religion

“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:beliefdifference

“All nationalistic distinctions — all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect — are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:belief

“A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:humanityfood

“In the highly mechanised countries, thanks to tinned food, cold storage, synthetic flavouring matters, etc., the palate is almost a dead organ.”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:food

“the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.”

― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

topic:liberty