George Orwell Quotes
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Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. (George Orwell) In some ways she was far more acute than Winston, and far less susceptible to Party propaganda. Once when he happened in some connection to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening. The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, "just to keep the people frightened." -- George Orwell, 1984 We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men: George Orwell He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. ---George Orwell "All propaganda is a lie even when its telling the truth."--G Orwell "The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same.": George Orwell, 1984 "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."--George Orwell (O'Brien in 1984) [For a good example of controlling the past, see Vaccine "Lymph"] "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "Political language ....is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."--George Orwell "Newspeak was the official language ... The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits ... but to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought should be literally unthinkable." Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell. (Taken from Martin Walker article) Double think means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them. The party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered, therefore he knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of DOUBLE THINK, he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated." Orwell George Orwell once pointed out that the first job of a leader is to create an enemy that could strike fear into the hearts of the electorate All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. --George Orwell There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. George Orwell Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. On the whole human beings want to be good, but not to good and not quite all the time. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. While the Pobble was in the water some unidentified creatures came and ate his toes off, and when he got home his aunt remarked: It's a fact the whole world knows, That Pobbles are happier without their toes, which is funny because it has a meaning, and one might even say a political significance. For the whole theory of authoritarian government is summed up in the statement that Pobbles are happier without their toes. Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. "In George Orwell's 1984 one of EngSoc's three "truths" was "Ignorance Is Strength." Have you ever noticed how ignorant people have a great deal of strength in their convictions? Not being able to think is, at least subconsciously, terrifying. Unable to arrive at ideas and understandings on one's own, every idea must be held onto like a life preserver in the sea beside a sinking ship. Every idea is as important as every other idea because there is no mechanism to judge between them. "Authority" (the Church-School-State Establishment) is strengthened by ignorance as well. The ignorant must rely on Authority for opinions. This keeps Authority on top. The "conspiracy" has a vested interest in maintaining this druggie-like dependence on Authority. It is a very short "hokey-pokey" little step from authoritarianism to totalitarianism."----Jerry E. Smith |
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this was very useful for copy and pasting some quotes with austin chronicle
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