The mutability of the past is the central tenet of Ingsoc. Past events, it is argued, have no objective existance, but survive… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this. There are only four ways in which a ruling group… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
And in the general hardening of outlook that set in ... practices which had been long abandoned ... -- imprisonment without trial,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
What opinions the masses hold, or do not hold, is looked upon as a matter of indifference. They can be granted intellectual… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The process [of mass-media deception] has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If human equality is to be forever averted -- if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places… — George Orwell Copy Share Image