Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Quote by George Orwell

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He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

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 quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

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

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

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

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...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

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

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

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

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

Big Brother is watching you.

Big Brother is watching you.