Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope
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The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.
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No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
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Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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When you meet anyone in the flesh you realize immediately that he is a human being and not a sort of caricature embodying certain ideas. It is partly ...
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...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.
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What happens to you here is forever. Understand that in advance. We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back. Things will ...
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The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.
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Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O'Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O'Brien: You do not exist.
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In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings and aristocrats an...
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The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury ...
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Outside, even through the shut window-pane, the world looked cold.
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The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury ...
