“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”
History“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.”
Good“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”
History“It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.”
Fear“It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.”
Good“There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.”
War“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
Happiness“Liberal: a power worshipper without power.”
Power“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Men“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.”
Future“If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?”
Politics“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.”
Good“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
Power“For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.”
Truth“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Good“In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
Age“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.”
War“Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.”
Good“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.”
Good“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Freedom“Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.”
Best“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
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