George Orwell

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"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."

George Orwell

"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."

George Orwell

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

George Orwell

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"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."

George Orwell

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

George Orwell

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"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears."

George Orwell

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

George Orwell

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

George Orwell

"The essential act of war is destruction."

George Orwell

"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously."

George Orwell