George Orwell
real name Eric Arthur Blair; English (born in India) novelist and war correspondent; b. 1903; d. 1950 · 5 aphorisms · no comments
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Comment# · Fair (799 ratings) · submitted 1999
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.
George Orwell, 1984, in
Happiness and Misery
1984 (paperback) Comment# · Fair (851 ratings) · submitted 1998 by
Caleb Ronsen
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in
Altruism and Cynicism
Comment# · Fair (293 ratings) · submitted 1997
On the whole, human beings want to be good -- but not too good and not quite all the time.
Comment# · Fair (729 ratings) · submitted 1997
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell, 1984, in
Law and Politics
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