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Tag: George Orwell

(1903-1950) British author.

Disinformation

Every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered … History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022Categories corruption, demagogues, evil, government, liberalismTags George Orwell

The two purposes of propaganda

All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present-day society from being perceived.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 18, 2022Categories politicsTags George Orwell

Political language

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidarity to pure wind.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 15, 2022Categories politicsTags George Orwell

Imposing the revolution

The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which ‘we,’ the clever ones, are going to impose upon ‘them,’ the Lower Orders.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021Categories collectivization, socialismTags George Orwell

Who are you going to believe?

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021Categories knowledgeTags George Orwell

Control

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021Categories educationTags George Orwell

Perpetual war

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 4, 2021Categories warTags George Orwell

Your vote is important

A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020Categories votingTags George Orwell

Progressive ideas

So much of the left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire, by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.

Author Greg RavenPosted on November 10, 2019Categories socialismTags George Orwell

Thoughts vs. actions

The Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 20, 2018November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories speechTags George Orwell

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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