George Orwell: 1984

Orthodoxy means not thinking - not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

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

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Who controls the past, [...] controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

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Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

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The best books (...) are those that tell you what you know already.

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