On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLPerhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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To die hating them, that was freedom.
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones.
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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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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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