Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
George Orwell
Privacy, Control, Thought, Individuality, Freedom
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More George Orwell Quotes
“If you want to know who rules over you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” George Orwell
Power, Control, Authority, Criticism, Oppression
George Orwell Power, Control, Authority, Criticism, Oppression“The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation.” George Orwell
Irony, Government, Control, Dystopia, Propaganda
George Orwell Irony, Government, Control, Dystopia, Propaganda“The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.” George Orwell
Tyranny, Writing, Limits, Themes, Expression
George Orwell Tyranny, Writing, Limits, Themes, Expression“Lack of money means discomfort, means squalid worries, means shortage of tobacco, means ever-present consciousness of failure—above all, it means loneliness.” George Orwell
Poverty, Money, Isolation, Worry, Society
George Orwell Poverty, Money, Isolation, Worry, Society“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“In Newspeak there is no word for ‘Science’. The empirical method of thought, on which all the scientific achievements of the past were founded, is opposed to the most fundamental principles of Ingsoc.” George Orwell
Language, Science, Control, Knowledge, Totalitarianism
George Orwell Language, Science, Control, Knowledge, Totalitarianism“Those who ‘abjure’ violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.” George Orwell
Violence, Peace, Hypocrisy, Society, Conflict
George Orwell Violence, Peace, Hypocrisy, Society, Conflict“Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.” George Orwell
Autobiography, Truth, Honesty, Humanity, Vulnerability
George Orwell Autobiography, Truth, Honesty, Humanity, Vulnerability“Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows.” George Orwell
Emotion, Society, Pain, Experience, Humanity
George Orwell Emotion, Society, Pain, Experience, Humanity“La guerra es paz, la libertad es esclavitud, la ignorancia es la fuerza.” George Orwell
Paradox, War, Freedom, Ignorance, Control
George Orwell Paradox, War, Freedom, Ignorance, Control“There is a word in Newspeak,’ said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.” George Orwell
Language, Newspeak, Contradiction, Communication, Ideology
George Orwell Language, Newspeak, Contradiction, Communication, Ideology“To exchange one orthodoxy for another is not necessarily an advance. The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.” George Orwell
Orthodoxy, Conformity, Thought, Mind, Change
George Orwell Orthodoxy, Conformity, Thought, Mind, Change“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks.” George Orwell
Failure, Addiction, Cycle, Struggle, Consequences
George Orwell Failure, Addiction, Cycle, Struggle, Consequences“The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes.” George Orwell
Observation, Nature, Simplicity, Wonder, Freedom
George Orwell Observation, Nature, Simplicity, Wonder, Freedom“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell
Control, History, Power, Influence, Future
George Orwell Control, History, Power, Influence, Future“Even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold.” George Orwell
Isolation, Perception, Coldness, Distance, World
George Orwell Isolation, Perception, Coldness, Distance, World“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“The hospital is the antechamber to the tomb.” George Orwell
Mortality, Illness, Death, Vulnerability, Suffering
George Orwell Mortality, Illness, Death, Vulnerability, Suffering“Some things ARE true, even though the party says they are true.” George Orwell
Truth, Reality, Authority, Resistance, Dissent
George Orwell Truth, Reality, Authority, Resistance, Dissent“Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.” George Orwell
Book Reviewing, Critique, Literature, Writing, Society
George Orwell Book Reviewing, Critique, Literature, Writing, Society