To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
GEORGE ORWELLTo die hating them, that was freedom.
More George Orwell Quotes
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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The only good human being is a dead one.
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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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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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