"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
- George Orwell, in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Chapter … more
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George Orwell on atrocities
@ 08/06/10 – 17:59:04
[ ... ] the evidence." - George Orwell in Looking Back on the Spanish War (1943) Some ideas of my own that were raised by the quote: There is a ... more -
George Orwell on the futility of revenge
@ 28/03/10 – 21:25:35
[ ... ] evaporates also. " -George Orwell in "Revenge is Sour", Tribune (1945-11-09) My own ideas on the quote: The central idea in this quote is an ... more -
George Orwell on highly civilized human beings trying to kill him
@ 16/03/10 – 23:08:07
[ ... ] in private life." - George Orwell in "The Lion and the Unicorn" (1941), Part I: "England Your England" My own ideas on the quote: One of the ... more -
George Orwell on truth as a revolutionary act
@ 13/01/10 – 20:50:39
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell (attributed) My own ideas on the quote: It is … more -
George Orwell on money
@ 07/12/09 – 11:23:44
[ ... ] money, I am nothing." - George Orwell in "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" (1936) My own thoughts on the quote: George Orwell is expressing a very ... more -
George Orwell on patriotism and nationalism
@ 06/12/09 – 19:02:06
[ ... ] own individuality." - George Orwell in "Notes on Nationalism" (1945) My own ideas on the quote: There really comes a point when the quite ... more
