How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four.” “Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.
George Orwell
Reality, Perception, Truth, Sanity, Logic
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“Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state – however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor.” George Orwell
Ignorance, Prejudice, Society, Stability, State
George Orwell Ignorance, Prejudice, Society, Stability, State“And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” George Orwell
Memory, History, Truth, Manipulation, Control
George Orwell Memory, History, Truth, Manipulation, Control“In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body.” George Orwell
Crisis, Struggle, Body, Mind, Survival
George Orwell Crisis, Struggle, Body, Mind, Survival“It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant have so much influence.” George Orwell
Ignorance, Influence, Society, Criticism, Power
George Orwell Ignorance, Influence, Society, Criticism, Power“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” George Orwell
Nationalism, Bias, Atrocities, Ignorance, Loyalty
George Orwell Nationalism, Bias, Atrocities, Ignorance, Loyalty“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.” George Orwell
Reality, Mind, Collective, Control, Immortality
George Orwell Reality, Mind, Collective, Control, Immortality“TRUTH – It’s the New Hate Speech: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” – George Orwell.” George Orwell
Truth, Deceit, Revolution, Resistance, Society
George Orwell Truth, Deceit, Revolution, Resistance, Society“If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it can’t have any practical result whatsoever, you’ve beaten them.” George Orwell
Humanity, Perseverance, Integrity, Resistance, Strength
George Orwell Humanity, Perseverance, Integrity, Resistance, Strength“Liberal: a power worshipper without power.” George Orwell
Liberalism, Power, Critique, Politics, Irony
George Orwell Liberalism, Power, Critique, Politics, Irony“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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” George Orwell
History, Truth, Control, Manipulation, Totalitarianism
George Orwell History, Truth, Control, Manipulation, Totalitarianism“But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous. When war is continuous there is no such thing as military necessity. Technical progress can cease and the most palpable facts can be denied or disregarded. As we have seen, researches that could be called scientific are still carried out for the purposes of war, but they are essentially a kind of daydreaming, and their failure to show results is not important. Efficiency, even military efficiency, is no longer needed.” George Orwell
War, Continuity, Danger, Society, Progress
George Orwell War, Continuity, Danger, Society, Progress“Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase in pain. Of pain, you could wish only one thing: that it should stop.” George Orwell
Pain, Suffering, Humanity, Emotion, Desire
George Orwell Pain, Suffering, Humanity, Emotion, Desire“England will still be England, an everlasting animal, stretching into the future and the past and like all living things having the power to change out of all recognition and yet remain the same.” George Orwell
England, Tradition, Change, Identity, Resilience
George Orwell England, Tradition, Change, Identity, Resilience“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.” George Orwell
Ideology, Politics, Risk, Ignorance, Critique
George Orwell Ideology, Politics, Risk, Ignorance, Critique“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” George Orwell
Safety, Protection, Violence, Sacrifice, Security
George Orwell Safety, Protection, Violence, Sacrifice, Security“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.” George Orwell
Control, Power, Influence, Transformation, Totalitarianism
George Orwell Control, Power, Influence, Transformation, Totalitarianism“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” George Orwell
Writing, Thought, Clarity, Control, Expression
George Orwell Writing, Thought, Clarity, Control, Expression