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George Orwell - 1984 - Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

George Orwell about totalitarianism (“1984”, 1949)

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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ~ George Orwell

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1984 in pictures = very plusgood. 1984 is one scary, scary book. Just think of what our lives would be like had Orwell’s imaginings of the future come true. We’d all be massive TV addic…

Visualizing George Orwell's 1984 | The eNotes Blog

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George Orwell about truth (“Politics and the English Language”, 1946)

Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now - The Washington Post

Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now

George Orwell - 1984 - The earth is as old as we are, no older. How could it be older? Nothing exists except through human consciousness.

George Orwell about age (“1984”, 1949)

George Orwell - 1984 - Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

George Orwell about madness (“1984”, 1949)

George Orwell - 1984 - It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

George Orwell about eyes (“1984”, 1949)

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. George Orwell 1984

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George Orwell - 1984 - When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour. If you're happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big Brother and the Three-Year Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all the rest of their bloody rot?

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