The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
GEORGE ORWELLPatriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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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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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones.
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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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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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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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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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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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The object of power is power.
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