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I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and...more

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What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your m...more

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And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who c...more

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

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Already we know almost literally nothing about the Revolution and the years before the Revolution. Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every...more

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And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had...more

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When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods...more

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If all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

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Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been rename...more

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Do you realize that the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished? If it survives anywhere, it's in a few solid objects with no words...more

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It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, exc...more