Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
George OrwellOceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.
George OrwellOf pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
George OrwellPeople simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.
George Orwell