If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
GEORGE ORWELLThe best books are those that tell you what you know already.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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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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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes 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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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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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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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
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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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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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