Animal Farm Quotes

• What quote describes the fate of Jones and his men in the Battle of the Cowshed?

  "The only good human being is a dead one."
• Which quote reveals the hypocrisy of the pigs by the end of the novella?


  "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."
• What quote highlights the manipulation of language in the final revision of the Seven Commandments?

  "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
• What is Old Major's critique of humanity in his speech?

  "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing."
• What quote represents Boxer's personal motto and loyalty to the Rebellion?

  "I will work harder."
• What slogan do the sheep chant early in the novella, and how does it change?

  Original: "Four legs good, two legs bad." Altered: "Four legs good, two legs better."
• Which quote reflects the pigs' justification for taking the best resources?

  "It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples."
• Which quote highlights the fear-based control used by Squealer?

  "Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!"
• What quote exemplifies the betrayal of the Seven Commandments during Napoleon's purges?

  "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."
• What description of the pigs criticizes the ruling elite's detachment from labor?

  "The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others."
• Which quote reflects Benjamin's cynicism about the windmill debate?


  "Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on — that is, badly."
• What is Squealer's defining characteristic as described early in the novella?

  "The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white."
• What quote symbolizes the ultimate inequality by the end of the novella?

  "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer — except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."
• What commandment sums up the original principles of Animalism?

  "All animals are equal."
• What quote reflects Napoleon's rewriting of history to discredit Snowball?

  "Napoleon had now stated categorically that Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning."