We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
GEORGE ORWELLA man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
More George Orwell Quotes
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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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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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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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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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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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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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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