If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
GEORGE ORWELLLiberal: a power worshipper without power.
More George Orwell Quotes
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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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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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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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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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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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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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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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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