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The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to tak...more

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

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Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the...more

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The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow thei...more

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If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggis...more

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That is her style of beauty.

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There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

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As for the problem of overproduction, which has been latent in our society since the development of the machine technique, it is solved by the device ...more

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Hitherto, the rights and wrongs had seemed so beautifully simple.

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The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour. A...more

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The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it ...more

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When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods...more

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To die hating them, that was freedom

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She's beautiful,' he murmured.'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia.'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.

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