To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulneยญss while telling carefully constructeยญd lies, to hold simultaneoยญusly two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictยญory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy.
George OrwellIt is brought home to you...that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.
George OrwellIn my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.
George OrwellEvery 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