We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
GEORGE ORWELLFour legs good, two legs bad.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Sanity is not statistical.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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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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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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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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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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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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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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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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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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