Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
GEORGE ORWELLTruth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
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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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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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