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Seven Commandments - The Seven Commandments

• Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
• Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend
• No animal shall wear clothes
• No animal shall sleep in a bed
• No animal shall drink alcohol
• No animal shall kill any other animal
• All animals are equal

Written originally by Snowball, the Seven Commandments were the "unalterable" principles of Animalism. Since not all of the animals can remember them (or read them), they are boiled down into one statement: "Four legs good, two legs bad!", which the sheep constantly repeat, distracting the crowd from the lies of the pigs.

They are later changed by Squealer, probably underneath the order of Napoleon.

The seven commandments are designed to unite the animals together in a common cause against the humans and to prevent animals from following the evil habits of humans.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "The Seven Commandments", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki