There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there was sex, which was always smouldering just under the surface and which suddenly blew up into a tremendous row when I was about twelve.
George OrwellIf both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?
George OrwellDespotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
George OrwellFrom the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.
George Orwell