To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
GEORGE ORWELLWho controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
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In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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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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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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