Animal Farm Quotes for GCSE Revision

"All men are enemies. All animals are comrades"

"It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back"

"Four legs good, Two legs bad"

"War is war. The only good human being is dead one"

"All that year the animals worked as slaves. But they were happy in their work... well aware that everything that they did was for their benefit of themselves"

"Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere"

"Animal Farm, Animal Farm, Never through me shalt thou come to harm"

"Squealer would talk with the tears rolling down his cheeks of Napoleon's wisdom, the goodness of his heart, and the deep love he bore at all animals everywhere"

"All animals are equal, But some animals are more equal than others"

"...Before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired"

"...Everyone worked according to his capacity"

"...Nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn"

"The windmill was in ruins"

"A mighty cry for vengeance went up"

"It was a pig walking on his hind legs"

"Old major, the prize middle white boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals"

"All that year the animals worked like slaves"

"It was also more suited to the dignity of the Leader[...] to live in a house than a mere sty"

"A majestic looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance"

"...Not much of a talker but with a reputation for getting his own way"

"Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper"

"...In a moment Snowball's eloquence had carried them away"

"The others said of Squealer that he could turn black to white"

"...His little eyes darted suspicious glances from side to side"

"His answer to every problem, every set back, was 'I will work harder!'- which he had adopted as his personal motto"

"Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare[...] came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar"

"...Without openly admitting it, he [Benjamin] was devoted to Boxer"

"Fools! Fools!' shouted Benjamin[...] Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?"

"Though not yet full-grown they were huge dogs, and as fierce-looking as wolves"

"Some of the animals talked of the duty of loyalty to Mr Jones, whom they referred to as 'Master'"

"Terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Fredrick practised upon his animals"

"The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own"

"Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen"

"The air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones"

"Squealer came to announce the news to the others. He had, he said, been presented during Boxer's last hours"

"They all declared contemptuously that his stories about Sugarcandy Mountain were lies, and yet they allowed him to remain in the farm, not working, with an allowance of a gill of beer a day"

"The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation"

For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of the rations(Squealer always spoke of it as a 'readjustment', never as a 'reduction')"