Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
GEORGE ORWELLEvery war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
More George Orwell Quotes
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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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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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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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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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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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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