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

Quote by George Orwell

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If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

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...

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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...

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

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

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

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

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

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

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

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

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

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...