Animal Farm

Book · 6 characters · 613 quotes · 1945

Quotes from Animal Farm

S
"Surely we do not want Jones back?"
Squealer Fear
B
"Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on."
Benjamin Philosophy
B
"I will work harder."
Boxer Perseverance
B
"The only good human is a dead human."
Boxer War
O
"God is with us, the belief might be, but we are equal."
Old Major Faith
O
"No animal shall sleep in a bed."
Old Major Politics
S
"Comrade Napoleon is always right."
Squealer Politics
S
"It is for your own good."
Squealer Politics
N
"Some animals are born to lead and others to follow."
Napoleon Power
S
"Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?"
Squealer Fear
S
"You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?"
Squealer Politics
O
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing."
Old Major Philosophy
O
"Beware of humans bearing gifts."
Old Major Wisdom
O
"No animal shall sleep in a bed."
Old Major Politics
S
"It was a pig's duty to think on behalf of the animals."
Squealer Leadership
N
"Some animals are more valuable than others."
Napoleon Power
S
"Snowball had been secretly working with the humans all along."
Squealer Politics
O
"Man serves the interests of no creature except himself."
Old Major Philosophy
O
"The life of an animal is misery and slavery."
Old Major Freedom
O
"Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
Old Major Wisdom
N
"Do you know what the worst thing about being a pig is? It isn't the mud, the slop, or even the long hours. It's that everyone expects you to be clever."
Napoleon Power
B
"I will work harder."
Boxer Work
B
"Some pigs are better than others."
Boxer Wisdom
O
"Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers"
Old Major
N
"We pigs are a superior race"
Napoleon
S
"It should say two legs better than four legs"
Squealer
S
"Our leader, Comrade Napoleon"
Squealer
S
"Napoleon has expressed a wish that the custom of addressing one another as 'Comrade' should be dropped"
Squealer
N
"If you do not come to heel, I will have you shot by tomorrow morning"
Napoleon
S
"The truest happiness, he said, lay in obedience"
Squealer