All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

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George Orwell | future

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.

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George Orwell | future

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

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George Orwell | funny

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie… a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

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George Orwell | freedom

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

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