Animal Farm Quote Identification
"'Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hide Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied.' Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker's.'"
Benjamin
"To celebrate our victory!" cried Squealer. "What victory?" said Boxer. His knees were bleeding, he had lost a shoe and split his hoof, and a dozen pellets had lodged themselves in his hind leg.
About Boxer
"For he awarded himself 'animal hero, first class' and 'animal hero, second class.'"
About Napoleon
"But is was noticed that these two were never never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it."
About Snowball and Napoleon
"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."
About animals
"Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies, but in a moment, Snowball's eloquence had carried them away."
Animals ideas coming together with Snowball's help
"When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say. The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious."
Animals' thoughts
They had thought the Fifth Commandment was "No animal shall drink alcohol," but there were two words they had forgotten. Actually the Commandment read: "No animal shall drink alcohol in excess."
Animals' thoughts
"I have no wish to take life, not even human life."
Boxer
"If comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right."
Boxer
"It was noticed that the dogs wagged their tails to Napoleon in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do as Mr. Jones."
Dogs' loyalty to Napoleon
"For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations (Squealer always spoke of it as a 'readjustment,' never as a 'reduction')."
For animals
"The name, 'Animal Farm' had been abolished. Henceforward the farm was to be known as 'The Manor Farm'- which, he believed was its correct and original name."
Napoleon
"Is it not crystal clear, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own... Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!"
Old Major
"No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth."
Old Major
"Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Above all, the tune and even the words of Beasts of England were known everywhere."
Rebellion
"Comrade (Mollie), those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"
Snowball
"Ribbons should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked."
Snowball
"Are you certain it is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you and record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere?"
Squealer
"Comrades, I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself."
Squealer
"We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples."
Squealer
"You have heard then, comrades, that pigs now sleep in the beds of the farmhouse? And why not? You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a rule against beds? A bed merely means a place to sleep in. A pile of straw in a stall is a bad, properly regarded. The rule was against sheets, which are a human invention. We have removed the sheets from the farmhouse beds, and sleep between blankets."
Squealer