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.
GEORGE ORWELLYou must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
More George Orwell Quotes
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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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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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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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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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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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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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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