If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
George Orwell
Future, Oppression, Power, Brutality, Dystopia
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“Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.” George Orwell
Authority, Control, Power, Resistance, Society
George Orwell Authority, Control, Power, Resistance, Society“I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. There's a thin man inside every fat man.” George Orwell
Identity, Perception, Self, Duality, Body Image
George Orwell Identity, Perception, Self, Duality, Body Image“Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.” George Orwell
Belief, Reality, Truth, Conflict, Consequence
George Orwell Belief, Reality, Truth, Conflict, Consequence“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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.” George Orwell
War, Power, Control, Futility, Politics
George Orwell War, Power, Control, Futility, Politics“Hunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition, more like the after-effects of influenza than anything else. It is as though all one’s blood had been pumped out and lukewarm water substituted.” George Orwell
Hunger, Dehumanization, Vulnerability, Survival, Condition
George Orwell Hunger, Dehumanization, Vulnerability, Survival, Condition“There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves.” George Orwell
Language, Clarity, Expression, Laziness, Thought
George Orwell Language, Clarity, Expression, Laziness, Thought““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“No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” George Orwell
Animal Rights, Ethics, Violence, Morality, Law
George Orwell Animal Rights, Ethics, Violence, Morality, Law“Gambling, beer and football filled the horizons of their minds.” George Orwell
Distraction, Culture, Escape, Mindset, Society
George Orwell Distraction, Culture, Escape, Mindset, Society“A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.” George Orwell
Identity, Duty, Confidence, Society, Character
George Orwell Identity, Duty, Confidence, Society, Character“A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor—it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.” George Orwell
Charity, Human Nature, Relationships, Resentment, Dependence
George Orwell Charity, Human Nature, Relationships, Resentment, Dependence“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“They fear love because it creates a world they can’t control.” George Orwell
Love, Fear, Control, Emotion, Freedom
George Orwell Love, Fear, Control, Emotion, Freedom“If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.” George Orwell
Writing, Brevity, Clarity, Language, Editing
George Orwell Writing, Brevity, Clarity, Language, Editing“You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.” George Orwell
Surveillance, Privacy, Fear, Habit, Control
George Orwell Surveillance, Privacy, Fear, Habit, Control“The choice before human beings is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.” George Orwell
Ethics, Morality, Choice, Dilemma, Human Nature
George Orwell Ethics, Morality, Choice, Dilemma, Human Nature“One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.” George Orwell
Intellectualism, Society, Beliefs, Elitism, Perspective
George Orwell Intellectualism, Society, Beliefs, Elitism, Perspective“We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.” George Orwell
Life, Labor, Exploitation, Humanity, Existence
George Orwell Life, Labor, Exploitation, Humanity, Existence