Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
GEORGE ORWELLEvery 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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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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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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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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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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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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True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.
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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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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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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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Sanity is not statistical.
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