Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak.

To die hating them, that was freedom.

The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes

The end was contained in the beginning.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.