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

Quote by George Orwell

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Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human...

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human...

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

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...

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...

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

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

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

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

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

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

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a...

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a...

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

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

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

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...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.