One must choose between God and Man, and all “radicals” and “progressives”, from the mildest liberal to the most extreme anarchist, have in effect chosen Man.
George Orwell
Faith, Ideology, Choice, Belief, Society
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“A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.” George Orwell
Humanitarianism, Hypocrisy, Compassion, Society, Critique
George Orwell Humanitarianism, Hypocrisy, Compassion, Society, Critique“I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.” George Orwell
Conversation, Connection, Insanity, Perception, Understanding
George Orwell Conversation, Connection, Insanity, Perception, Understanding“The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact.” George Orwell
War, Control, Society, Authority, Power
George Orwell War, Control, Society, Authority, Power“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“No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.” George Orwell
Memory, School, Nostalgia, Childhood, Perspective
George Orwell Memory, School, Nostalgia, Childhood, Perspective“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell
Language, Thought, Influence, Corruption, Expression
George Orwell Language, Thought, Influence, Corruption, Expression“Comrades,” he said, “I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. 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, Sacrifice, Equality, Control, Irony
George Orwell Leadership, Sacrifice, Equality, Control, Irony“If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, 85 percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated.” George Orwell
Hope, Proletariat, Rebellion, Society, Change
George Orwell Hope, Proletariat, Rebellion, Society, Change“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.” George Orwell
Tyranny, Control, Power, Fraud, Authority
George Orwell Tyranny, Control, Power, Fraud, Authority“Never have ideas about children, and never have ideas for them.” George Orwell
Children, Ideas, Individuality, Growth, Guidance
George Orwell Children, Ideas, Individuality, Growth, Guidance“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“Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. ‘Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ‘doublethink’.” George Orwell
Control, History, Memory, Truth, Power
George Orwell Control, History, Memory, Truth, Power“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“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“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.” George Orwell
Loneliness, Truth, Isolation, Expression, Silence
George Orwell Loneliness, Truth, Isolation, Expression, Silence“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