From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.

Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.

Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.

In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.