[Major] was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance...

For that day we all must labour,

Though we die before it break;

Cows and horses, geese and turkeys,

All must toil for freedom’s sake.

"Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others."

- Old Major

“Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?"

-Old Major

At the beginning [of planning the revolution] they met with much stupidity and apathy.

These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall.

These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall.

the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.

Squealer [had] very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.

But everyone worked according to his capacity.

[Benjamin] did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones’s time

The implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals.

...the pigs, who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed, suddenly emerged in their rear ...

Mr. Frederick [was] a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits.