He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

Quote by George Orwell

Topics: Control Quotes, Future Quotes, Past Quotes, Politics Quotes

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to...

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one...

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that...

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...