Animal Farm: Key Quotations

Below is a list of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

Class

1. Napoleon: "He carried a whip in his trotter."
2. Snowball: "Snowball conjured up pictures of fantastic machines which would do their work for them while they grazed at ease."
3. Boxer: "I will work harder."
4. Mr Jones: "The Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs."

Equality and Inequality

1. Napoleon: "Napoleon is always right."
2. Squealer: "It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples."
3. Snowball: "He was running as only a pig can run... and a number of them were wounded."
4. Mollie: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?"

Power, Control, and Corruption

1. Napoleon: "Napoleon is always right."
2. Squealer: "The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white."
3. Snowball: "He was running as only a pig can run... and a number of them were wounded."
4. Benjamin: "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?"
5. Mr Jones: "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

Language as Power

1. Squealer: "It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples."
2. Squealer: "The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white."
3. Napoleon: "He carried a whip in his trotter."
4. Snowball: "Snowball conjured up pictures of fantastic machines which would do their work for them while they grazed at ease."