Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
GEORGE ORWELLSome ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
More George Orwell Quotes
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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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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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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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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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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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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 most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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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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News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.
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Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes.
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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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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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