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George Orwell
real name Eric Arthur Blair; English (born in India) novelist and war correspondent; b. 1903; d. 1950
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# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell, 1984, in Law and Politics
1984 (paperback)# · Not So Good (one rating) · submitted 1999
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.
George Orwell, 1984, in Happiness and Misery
# · Good (one rating) · submitted 1998 by Caleb Ronsen (updated 1999)
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in Altruism and Cynicism
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
On the whole, human beings want to be good — but not too good and not quite all the time.
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
You have to be an intellectual to believe such nonsense. No ordinary man could be such a fool.
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