Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
GEORGE ORWELLAll rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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Four legs good, two legs bad.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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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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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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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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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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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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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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