Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
GEORGE ORWELLTo die hating them, that was freedom.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.
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In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
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The object of power is power.
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Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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