George Orwell1903–1950Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.
- “Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dalí,” Dickens, Dali & Others: Studies in Popular Culture (1944)
I consider that willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is the test of intellectual honesty.
Letter to John Middleton Murry (5 August 1944), published in The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell: As I Please, 1943-1945 (2000), edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus
