Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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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 essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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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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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes.
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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