All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
GEORGE ORWELL
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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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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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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The object of power is power.
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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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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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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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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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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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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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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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