On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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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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Rich people are poor people with money.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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