In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
GEORGE ORWELLSome ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
More George Orwell Quotes
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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