Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
GEORGE ORWELLUntil they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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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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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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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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Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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