We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
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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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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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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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
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There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
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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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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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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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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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