The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on putting forward a ‘case’, obscuring the opponent’s point of view and avoiding awkward questions.

Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.

You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves.

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental , nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink

The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail.

Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.