The only good human being is a dead one.
GEORGE ORWELLTo be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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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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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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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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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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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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Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
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