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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

~George Orwell

Topics: Freedom Ignorance Peace Slavery Strength War

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In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

~George Orwell

Topics: Age Folly Hatred Issues Itself Keeping Lies Mass Our Out Political Political Issues Politics Schizophrenia Thing

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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

~George Orwell

Topics: Acceptance Exist Happiness Only

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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

~George Orwell

Topics: Concept Fading History Lies Objective Out Pass Truth Truth Is Very Will World

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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; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

~George Orwell

Topics: Dictatorship Does End Establish Makes Means Order Power Revolution Safeguard

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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

~George Orwell

Topics: Freedom Hear People Right Tell Want

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Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

~George Orwell

Topics: Appearance Designed Give Language Lies Make Political Pure Respectable Sound Truthful Wind

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

~George Orwell

Topics: Being Being Human Does Essence Human Perfection Seek

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We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

~George Orwell

Topics: Because Beds Harm Men Night Our Ready Rough Safe Sleep Stand Those Us Violence Visit Who Would

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

~George Orwell

Topics: Animals Equal More Others Some Than

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: June 25th, 1903

Died: January 21st, 1950

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