All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes.
George Orwell
Tea, Tradition, Taste, Growth, Habit
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“Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.” George Orwell
Protest, Speech, Society, Argument, Powerlessness
George Orwell Protest, Speech, Society, Argument, Powerlessness“The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.” George Orwell
Expression, Anger, Humanity, Emotion, Release
George Orwell Expression, Anger, Humanity, Emotion, Release“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” George Orwell
Power, Corruption, Equality, Irony, Society
George Orwell Power, Corruption, Equality, Irony, Society“Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.” George Orwell
War, Oceania, Memory, Propaganda, Reality
George Orwell War, Oceania, Memory, Propaganda, Reality“We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now.” George Orwell
Control, Suppression, Sexuality, Science, Power
George Orwell Control, Suppression, Sexuality, Science, Power“Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it.” George Orwell
Writing, Purpose, Politics, Totalitarianism, Socialism
George Orwell Writing, Purpose, Politics, Totalitarianism, Socialism“Inequality was the price of civilization.” George Orwell
Civilization, Inequality, Progress, Society, Cost
George Orwell Civilization, Inequality, Progress, Society, Cost“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell
Freedom, Truth, Expression, Society, Dissent
George Orwell Freedom, Truth, Expression, Society, Dissent“One’s got to change the system, or one changes nothing.” George Orwell
Change, System, Action, Society, Reform
George Orwell Change, System, Action, Society, Reform“The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.” George Orwell
War, Technology, Reality, Lies, Society
George Orwell War, Technology, Reality, Lies, Society“Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal.” George Orwell
Leadership, Responsibility, Equality, Irony, Power
George Orwell Leadership, Responsibility, Equality, Irony, Power“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell
Truth, Perception, Control, Manipulation, Obedience
George Orwell Truth, Perception, Control, Manipulation, Obedience“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“Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.” George Orwell
Tea, Culture, Tradition, Civilization, Comfort
George Orwell Tea, Culture, Tradition, Civilization, Comfort“What kind of people would control this world had been equally obvious. The new aristocracy was made up for the most part of bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, trade-union organisers, publicity experts, sociologists, teachers, journalists, and professional politicians. These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralised government.” George Orwell
Aristocracy, Control, Bureaucracy, Society, Power
George Orwell Aristocracy, Control, Bureaucracy, Society, Power“People talk about the horrors of war, but what weapon has a man invented that even approaches in cruelty some of the commoner diseases? ‘Natural’ death, almost by definition, means something slow, smelly and painful.” George Orwell
War, Disease, Death, Suffering, Cruelty
George Orwell War, Disease, Death, Suffering, Cruelty“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever. The moral to be drawn from this dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one: don’t let it happen. It depends on you.” George Orwell
Future, Oppression, Dystopia, Power, Responsibility
George Orwell Future, Oppression, Dystopia, Power, Responsibility“Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.” George Orwell
Society, Expectations, Humanity, Reality, Disappointment
George Orwell Society, Expectations, Humanity, Reality, Disappointment