To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
GEORGE ORWELLAll animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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The object of power is power.
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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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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.
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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 greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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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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