To die hating them, that was freedom.
GEORGE ORWELLActions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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Four legs good, two legs bad.
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When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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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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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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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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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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