We may be together for another six monthsโa yearโthereโs no knowing. At the end weโre certain to be apart. Do you realize how utterly alone we shall be?
George OrwellThere, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man
George OrwellMost people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job.
George OrwellIn Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word for 'Science.' The empirical method of thought, on which all the scientific achievements of the past were founded, is opposed to the most fundamental principles of Ingsoc.
George Orwell