The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to tak...
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...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.
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If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggis...
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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To die hating them, that was freedom
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Suddenly, by the sort of violent effort with which one wrenches one's head away from the pillow in a nightmare, Winston succeeded in transferring his ...
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Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.
