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

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

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

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2020

And so on for a page of valuable documentation of George Orwell's porcine commissar whose classic formula was: "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."

From Time Magazine Archive

His credo: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

From Time Magazine Archive

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the constitution was finally reduced to one article: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

From Time Magazine Archive

In reply, Brandt quoted George Orwell's famous aphorism: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

From Time Magazine Archive

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