The object of power is power.
GEORGE ORWELLPeople sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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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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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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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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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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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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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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