There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
GEORGE ORWELLUntil they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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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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Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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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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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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