A peace that is truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.
George Orwell
Peace, War, Paradox, Stability, Conflict
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“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” George Orwell
Politics, Perception, Reality, Awareness, Ignorance
George Orwell Politics, Perception, Reality, Awareness, Ignorance“You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable.” George Orwell
Human Nature, Creation, Society, Change, Perception
George Orwell Human Nature, Creation, Society, Change, Perception“Always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” George Orwell
Power, Oppression, Control, Dystopia, Human Nature
George Orwell Power, Oppression, Control, Dystopia, Human Nature““Four legs good, two legs bad.” This, he said, contained the essential principle of Animalism.” George Orwell
Animalism, Principles, Society, Ideology, Simplification
George Orwell Animalism, Principles, Society, Ideology, Simplification“He was a fattish but active man of paralysing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms—one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the Thought Police, the stability of the Party depended.” George Orwell
Conformity, Devotion, Society, Control, Stability
George Orwell Conformity, Devotion, Society, Control, Stability“Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.” George Orwell
History, Education, Society, Warfare, Irony
George Orwell History, Education, Society, Warfare, Irony“After 40, a man is responsible for his face.” George Orwell
Aging, Responsibility, Identity, Appearance, Self-Reflection
George Orwell Aging, Responsibility, Identity, Appearance, Self-Reflection“A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worthwhile political objective today.” George Orwell
Socialism, Politics, Unity, Europe, Ideology
George Orwell Socialism, Politics, Unity, Europe, Ideology“An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.” George Orwell
Illusion, Truth, Perception, Identity, Reality
George Orwell Illusion, Truth, Perception, Identity, Reality“War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking into the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.” George Orwell
War, Control, Resources, Society, Intelligence
George Orwell War, Control, Resources, Society, Intelligence“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell
Truth, Society, Rebellion, Persecution, Honesty
George Orwell Truth, Society, Rebellion, Persecution, Honesty“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.” George Orwell
Privacy, Control, Thought, Individuality, Freedom
George Orwell Privacy, Control, Thought, Individuality, Freedom“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.” George Orwell
Revolution, Power, Control, Authority, Ambition
George Orwell Revolution, Power, Control, Authority, Ambition“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell
Equality, Hypocrisy, Power, Social Order, Irony
George Orwell Equality, Hypocrisy, Power, Social Order, Irony“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.” George Orwell
Conformity, Society, Thought, Belief, Orthodoxy
George Orwell Conformity, Society, Thought, Belief, Orthodoxy“The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.” George Orwell
Books, Knowledge, Familiarity, Comfort, Truth
George Orwell Books, Knowledge, Familiarity, Comfort, Truth“Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.” George Orwell
Enlightenment, Responsibility, Detachment, Wisdom, Freedom
George Orwell Enlightenment, Responsibility, Detachment, Wisdom, Freedom