War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. – George Orwell, 1984
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. – George Orwell, 1984
In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. – George Orwell, 1984
You are a slow learner, Winston. How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four. Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane. – George Orwell, 1984
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. – George Orwell, 1984
We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them. – George Orwell, 1984
There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad. – George Orwell, 1984
Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell, 1984
Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible because there will be no words in which to express it. – George Orwell, 1984
1984 Doublethink Quotes part 2
Sanity is not statistical. – George Orwell, 1984
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. – George Orwell, 1984
It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. – George Orwell, 1984
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever. – George Orwell, 1984
Thoughtcrime does not entail death; thoughtcrime IS death. – George Orwell, 1984
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. – George Orwell, 1984
The best books… are those that tell you what you know already. – George Orwell, 1984
For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllablewhat then? – George Orwell, 1984
Orthodoxy means not thinking — not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. – George Orwell, 1984
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. – George Orwell, 1984
In the face of pain there are no heroes. – George Orwell, 1984
Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. – George Orwell, 1984
How do you know that the past is still there if the past itself doesn’t exist anymore? In a way, the past is just an illusion – a construct created by those in power. – George Orwell, 1984
The key to doublethink is to hold contradictory beliefs with equal conviction. – George Orwell, 1984
Language is the ultimate weapon of control. – George Orwell, 1984
Reality is not external, but rather it is created and controlled by those in power. – George Orwell, 1984
The more one is conscious, the more one is controlled. – George Orwell, 1984
War is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about. – George Orwell, 1984
Doublethink is essential for maintaining power and control. – George Orwell, 1984
Doublethink allows the Party to rewrite history and control the present. – George Orwell, 1984
Reality is a matter of perception, and perception can be manipulated. – George Orwell, 1984
Ignorance is strength, because the less you know, the easier you are to control. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party controls the present by controlling the past, and the past can be changed at will. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party does not seek power for its own sake, but for the sake of absolute power. – George Orwell, 1984
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party wants you to believe that you are free, but in reality, you are a prisoner of your own mind. – George Orwell, 1984
To control the present, the Party must control the past. To control the past, the Party must control the future. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party wants you to believe that you are a part of something greater, but in reality, you are just a cog in the machine. – George Orwell, 1984
The only way to stay sane in a world of doublethink is to learn how to embrace contradictions. – George Orwell, 1984
The Party wants you to live in fear, because fear is a powerful tool for control. – George Orwell, 1984
The truth is what the Party tells you it is, and nothing more. – George Orwell, 1984
Doublethink is the ability to hold two contradictory beliefs in your mind at the same time and still believe in both. – George Orwell, 1984
You are not a person, you are a comrade. Your individuality is irrelevant. – George Orwell, 1984
The only way to escape doublethink is to question everything you are told, and seek the truth for yourself. – George Orwell, 1984
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