A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
GEORGE ORWELLThe most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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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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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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The object of power is power.
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There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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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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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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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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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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