“Real power comes not from hate, but from truth.”

Source: Beyond Hypocrisy, 1992, Doublespeak Dictionary (within Beyond Hypocrisy), p. 181.

“Erasmus: Madness and Rivalry,” Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship (1996), p. 94

Source: Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (1971), p. 113

This has been attributed to Orwell on the internet, but the earliest source citing him as author appears to be a post from Jsnip4 on the RealistNews.net forum (15 February 2011) http://www.realistnews.net/Thread-realist-news-was-the-capital-gains-tax-just-removed-regarding-bullion. Prior to this, the statement occurred, without attribution to Orwell, in an opinion piece by columnist Selwyn Duke http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/duke/090506, &quot;Stopping Truth At The Border: Banning Michael Savage From Britain&quot; (6 May 2009) https://web.archive.org/web/20150701002957/http://www.conservativecrusader.com/articles/stopping-truth-at-the-border-banning-michael-savage-from-britain. <br class="br">Misattributed

Letter To M. Daelli on Les Misérables (1862)
Context: This book, Les Misérables, is no less your mirror than ours. Certain men, certain castes, rise in revolt against this book, — I understand that. Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use. As for myself, I have written for all, with a profound love for my own country, but without being engrossed by France more than by any other nation. In proportion as I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 234)

Source: The Groucho Letters

Source: In Search of Excellence (1982), p. 159.