All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others

Cultural  

1. A proclamation by the pigs who control the government in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell. The sentence is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.

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Example Sentences

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - this famous quote from George Orwell's satirical novel has found such resonance in Zimbabwe that author Petina Gappah has translated Animal Farm into the local Shona language.

From BBC

Perhaps George Orwell was prescient in "1984" when he wrote, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

From Salon

“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”

From Washington Post

Other images show his celebrating his abundance at the sake of others, since, “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

From Washington Times

In George Orwell’s iconic 1945 novel, Animal Farm, the pigs who gain control in a rebellion against a human farmer eventually impose a dictatorship on the other animals on the basis of a single commandment: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

From Salon