To figure out the truth behind this popular quote that's often misattributed to George Orwell, we reached out to a number of experts at the Orwell Society — whose patron is Richard Blair, Orwell's adopted son — and The Orwell Foundation.
which brings together Orwell scholars and awards the Orwell Prizes. Representatives of both organizations said that this quote could not be attributed to Orwell. the statement in the 1940s. The quote was attributed to a collection of Orwell’s essays in"The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945.
Benedict Cooper, publicity officer for the society who had most of the Orwell library digitized on his computer, also could not find the above quote in the collection. , which he said"is very good with misattributed Orwell quotations," but the above quote was not listed there. We also reached out to a number of academics, and we will update this post if we receive new information.
Given that expert institutions associated with Orwell's work have not heard of this quote, we rate this claim as"False." Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing.
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