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“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.”

George Orwell · War

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George Orwell

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

Power

George Orwell

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Good

George Orwell

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

Future

George Orwell

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

History