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
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“After 40, a man is responsible for his face.” George Orwell
Aging, Responsibility, Identity, Appearance, Self-Reflection
George Orwell Aging, Responsibility, Identity, Appearance, Self-Reflection“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“He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.” George Orwell
Isolation, Past, Future, Despair, Reflection
George Orwell Isolation, Past, Future, Despair, Reflection“Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.” George Orwell
Opinion, Conformity, Society, Law, Intolerance
George Orwell Opinion, Conformity, Society, Law, Intolerance“All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.” George Orwell
Media, Censorship, Advertising, Information, Control
George Orwell Media, Censorship, Advertising, Information, Control“I have no wish to take life, not even human life.” George Orwell
Pacifism, Humanity, Morality, Life, Ethics
George Orwell Pacifism, Humanity, Morality, Life, Ethics“How right the working classes are in their “materialism.” How right they are to realize that the belly comes before the soul, not in the scale of values but in point of time!” George Orwell
Materialism, Working Class, Existence, Society, Values
George Orwell Materialism, Working Class, Existence, Society, Values“Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.” George Orwell
Obedience, Power, Control, Pain, Domination
George Orwell Obedience, Power, Control, Pain, Domination“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“Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.” George Orwell
Power, Control, Society, Resources, Privilege
George Orwell Power, Control, Society, Resources, Privilege“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.” George Orwell
Power, Control, Authority, Self-Interest, Corruption
George Orwell Power, Control, Authority, Self-Interest, Corruption“And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty.” George Orwell
Technology, Progress, Liberty, Control, Society
George Orwell Technology, Progress, Liberty, Control, Society“All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.” George Orwell
Enemies, Unity, Division, Ideology, Society
George Orwell Enemies, Unity, Division, Ideology, Society“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“The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another.” George Orwell
Language, Politics, Ambiguity, Society, Ideals
George Orwell Language, Politics, Ambiguity, Society, Ideals“It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.” George Orwell
Humanity, Loyalty, Survival, Betrayal, Morality
George Orwell Humanity, Loyalty, Survival, Betrayal, Morality“Every life viewed from the inside is a series of defeats.” George Orwell
Life, Perspective, Struggle, Defeat, Experience
George Orwell Life, Perspective, Struggle, Defeat, Experience“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