Orwell's "universal deceit" quote

Posted by Brian from Shawnee on March 14, 2005

In Reply to: Orwell's "universal deceit" quote posted by Bruce Kahl on March 14, 2005

: : I see this quote frequently:

: : In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

: : it is attributed to George Orwell, but I have never been able to find the source.
: : does anyone know the source of this quote?

: It may not be Orwell.
: The link below brings you to a searchable database of all of Orwell's works.
: Searching with "universal" or "deceit" does not bring up your quote.

I'm not so sure that searchable database contains all of Orwell's works. For example I entered the word "Joey" but was told my search returned no results. (I tried "Joey" because it's a word Orwell used in Keep the Aspidistra Flying and which I wanted to know more about, so I posted a question on this forum. It was one of my first postings here, about two years ago.)

• Orwell's "universal deceit" quote Shae 14/March/05
  • Orwell's "universal deceit" quote Bruce Kahl 15/March/05